>This contrasts sharply with a 2015 poll, when 57% of those surveyed claimed to to be fairly or “very” confident in the old hallowed halls. This tells you just

>This contrasts sharply with a 2015 poll, when 57% of those surveyed claimed to to be fairly or “very” confident in the old hallowed halls. This tells you just how much more public opinion is steered by discourse and media than by any real numbers. Compared to 2015 objective changes in anything relevant to the college experience is pretty marginal to non existent, costs aren't higher than they were a decade ago[1], save for some select schools which again, dominate the media. There's a similar phenomenon where confidence in the economy basically just correlates with who is currently sitting in the White House.[2] I think any "American's confidence in X" at this point is basically an almost useless metric because it's simply split among political or news dietary lines. [1]https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=76 https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=76 [2]https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/2023/08/14/30e9ffad-a015-4647-8e07-b60749492be1/jdp-econ-party-aug.png?v=5710b2ed1cee1bdfd30cb9c02455b43d https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/2023/08/14/30e9ffad-...