May 7, 2004

U.S. Public's Confidence in Colleges Remains High

By JEFFREY SELINGO

Chronicle poll also finds concern over costs, sports, and 'legacy' admissions

Americans' confidence in higher education remains strong and steady, even though elected officials in statehouses and the U.S. Congress expressed plenty of skepticism this past year about how colleges are run -- weighing proposals, for instance, that would have controlled tuition increases or changed what they perceived as a liberal bias on campuses.

That is a key finding of an extensive new

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