It is confusing because the author was really messy with her use of the figures to where that sentence reads nonsensically. The actual Gallup news article th

It is confusing because the author was really messy with her use of the figures to where that sentence reads nonsensically. The actual Gallup news article that is cited by the article posted is much clearer. The posted article reads as if it was just a re-arranged/scrambled word salad of the original article to the point where some parts no longer make sense. The original article makes it clear that while the current figure is 36% for those who have quite a lot of confidence or more in higher education, in 2015, that figure was much higher at 57%. The little to no confidence now is 32%, while in 2015 it was only 10%. https://news.gallup.com/poll/646880/confidence-higher-education-closely-divided.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/646880/confidence-higher-educat...