• About Us
    • Join CAPPS Email List
    • What is Private Postsecondary Education
    • About ICEPAC
  • News
    • Legislation / Advocacy
  • Events
    • Allied Member Vendor Showcase ~ Presenter Contact Information
    • CAPPS Legislative Policy Conference April 22-23, 2021
    • 37th Annual Conference
    • Educational Advisors ~ Event Calendar
  • Resources
    • Classifieds
    • Professional Online Training Center
    • State and Federal Resources
    • Accreditors
    • Boards
    • Associations
  • CAPPS Member Portal & Archives
    • CAPPS Membership Directory
    • Conference Archives
    • Member Only Webinar
    • Webinar Archives
    • Workshop Archives
    • CAPPS Member Portal
      • CAPPS Legislative Watch
    • Featured Members
    • Select Allied or School Benefits – Why be a CAPPS Member?
      • School Membership Application & Renewal Form
      • Allied Membership Application & Renewal Form
  • Awards
    • CAPPS Memorial Scholarships
    • Excellence in Community Service Awards
    • CAPPS Hall of Fame STAR Awards
    • Norma Ford Financial Aid Professional of the Year
    • School of the Year
    • Allied Member of the Year
California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools                        
916-447-5500
Email
        Login
CAPPS
  • About Us
    • Join CAPPS Email List
    • What is Private Postsecondary Education
    • About ICEPAC
  • News
    • Legislation / Advocacy
  • Events
    • Allied Member Vendor Showcase ~ Presenter Contact Information
    • CAPPS Legislative Policy Conference April 22-23, 2021
    • 37th Annual Conference
    • Educational Advisors ~ Event Calendar
  • Resources
    • Classifieds
    • Professional Online Training Center
    • State and Federal Resources
    • Accreditors
    • Boards
    • Associations
  • CAPPS Member Portal & Archives
    • CAPPS Membership Directory
    • Conference Archives
    • Member Only Webinar
    • Webinar Archives
    • Workshop Archives
    • CAPPS Member Portal
      • CAPPS Legislative Watch
    • Featured Members
    • Select Allied or School Benefits – Why be a CAPPS Member?
      • School Membership Application & Renewal Form
      • Allied Membership Application & Renewal Form
  • Awards
    • CAPPS Memorial Scholarships
    • Excellence in Community Service Awards
    • CAPPS Hall of Fame STAR Awards
    • Norma Ford Financial Aid Professional of the Year
    • School of the Year
    • Allied Member of the Year

News

  • Home
  • News
  • Report: Most board members think the public has a positive view of higher education

Report: Most board members think the public has a positive view of higher education

  • Posted by CAPPS
  • Date

Education Dive

by James Paterson

Dive Brief:

  • Three-quarters of college and university board members believe the public has a positive view of higher education, according to a new reportfrom the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) and Gallup. Those who believe the public feels negatively said media coverage of college costs and student debt and perceptions of left-leaning bias were factors.
  • According to the annual Trustee Index, 74% of trustees are very or somewhat concerned about higher education over the next decade, though a smaller share (49%) were concerned about their institution. They listed financial stability (27%), affordability (25%) and enrollment (20%) as the biggest issues facing their institutions.
  • The majority of trustees believe governing board members should be advocates for their colleges, but relatively few in the last year contacted Congress members (25%), community leaders (34%) or local business leaders (34%) about a higher education issue.

Dive Insight:

The Index was released as part of The Guardians Initiative, an effort by AGB that aims to engage board members in making the case for higher education’s value. The initiative highlights the ways graduates benefit the economy and tax base, such as through becoming lifelong learners and driving innovation and entrepreneurship.

Yet public confidence in higher education continues to wane, according to a recent Gallup poll showing just 48% of responding U.S. adults had “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in colleges and universities. That’s down from 57% who said so in 2015.

Those results call attention to another one of the board members’ concerns in the AGB report: a perception among Republicans and conservatives of a growing liberal political bias across higher education. The Gallup poll showed Republicans’ confidence in higher education fell 17% since 2015 while Democrats’ only dropped by 6% and Independents by 4%. Another recent survey indicated that while about two-thirds of adults view higher education favorably, more than three-quarters said its institutions have a liberal bias.

Business leaders, meanwhile, have a greater degree of confidence in U.S. higher education than the general public does, according to a survey earlier this year from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). About 63% of executives and hiring managers they had “quite a lot” or “a great deal” of confidence in higher education, and even more said it was worth the time and money. However, many employers felt that while graduates were ready for entry-level jobs, they struggled to advance beyond that.

“I’ve talked to a lot of employers who say students come in eager, they’re prepared, they can tackle the job head-on, but then after six months they want to be promoted or the work becomes tiresome,” AAC&U President Lynn Pasquerella told Education Dive. “Those dispositions are things we can help engender in students — to be in there for the long haul, to accept challenges, to understand the complexity of organizations and what it takes to advance to the next level.”

  • Share:
author avatar
CAPPS

Previous post

DeVos Outlines a Vision for Higher Education

Next post

Sherlock Plumbing, Heating & Air Awards UEI College Student with $500 Scholarship

You may also like

Screenshot 2021-01-07 112842
Congress is deciding the future of the 90/10 rule. Here’s what you need to know.
2 March, 2021
Screenshot 2021-01-07 112842
Senate confirms Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary
2 March, 2021
EducationDiveLogo
Higher Learning Commission may be the next regional accreditor to expand service area
1 March, 2021

Search

Memorial Scholarship Information
Donate to ICEPAC
Become an Allied Member
Become a School Member
CAPPS Events

ABOUT US

  • What is Private Postsecondary Education
  • CAPPS Memorial Scholarships
  • Upcoming Conferences

MAILING ADDRESS:
California Association of
Private Postsecondary Schools
2520 Venture Oaks, Suite 170
Sacramento, CA  95833
info@cappsonline.org
www.cappsonline.org    

CappsOnlineMorpho Web Design.

2020 All Rights Reserved CappsOnline.org