June 8, 2007

College Is Essential, Many Americans Say

By SARA HEBEL

A growing proportion of Americans believe that a college education is essential to succeeding in the workplace, according to survey findings released last week. But the survey also found that Americans' generally favorable impressions of higher education are beginning to erode.

The national survey was conducted by Public Agenda and the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, two independent nonprofit research groups. A total of 1,001 adults, ages 18 and older, from

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