Giving Compass' Take:

· Education Dive analyzes the results of a new survey from the Teachers College at Columbia University which states that 76 percent of Americans support funding in higher education.

· How can we ensure students who often left behind have access to higher education?

· Learn how to fund higher education philanthropy.  


A new nationally representative survey of 3,117 adults out of Teachers College, Columbia University finds that overwhelmingly (76%) of Americans say public spending on higher education is a good or excellent investment.

These results broke down by identity factors, with women being more likely (48%) than men (39%) to say public spending on higher education is good, while adults under the age of 44 (48%) standing more in favor of spending on higher education than those over the age of 50 (40%). Along political and geographic lines, liberals (56%) and those living in urban communities (52%) were more in favor of higher education spending than conservatives (32%) and those living in rural communities (32%).

Survey writers explain these perceptions play a role in policy outcomes for higher education resources at the governmental level, noting around 61% of respondents say that increasing federal support for post-secondary education is favorable, with specifically 52% wanting an increase in funding for community colleges.

Read the full article about higher education funding by Shalina Chatlani at Education Dive.