Americans Have Positive Views of Community Colleges, Community College Daily, 5/11

By: David J. Smith, May 11, 2017 Last week I shared a piece (“Few Americans Have Confidence in Higher Education Survey Finds,” Times Higher Education, 5/1) that looked at the views of Americans of higher education: only 30% of liberals and 5% of conservations had faith in higher education.  This piece looks specifically at communityContinueContinue reading “Americans Have Positive Views of Community Colleges, Community College Daily, 5/11”

College Freshmen: The Most Polarized in 50 Years, The Atlantic, 5/2

By: David J. Smith, May 3, 2017 We are more divided as a nation than ever before.  This article by Hayley Glatter from The Atlantic  seems to confirm data about the country as a whole.   This is counter to what many have thought about millennials – that they try to reach middle ground andContinueContinue reading “College Freshmen: The Most Polarized in 50 Years, The Atlantic, 5/2”

30% of Liberals and 5% of Conservatives Have Faith in U.S. Higher Education, Times Higher Education, 5/1

By: David J. Smith, May 3, 2017 Apparently fewer Americans than ever before have faith in higher education, with 30% of liberals and a mere 5% of conservatives voicing support for colleges and universities today. Click below to  read this piece from the Times Higher Education from 5/1