New results from a Wednesday Lumina Foundation-Gallup education survey shows confidence in higher education has gone up for the first time in a decade during a turbulent time for the sector.

Public confidence has spiked to 42 percent in higher education institutions, up from 36 percent in 2024 and 2023. Confidence levels have been on the decline since it was recorded at 57 percent in 2015.

Those with little to no confidence in higher education went from 32 percent last year to 23 percent in 2025.........

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