The past few years have seen contention between Congress and the president over budgets and immigration, disputes over the limits of executive power, contested confirmation hearings for two Supreme Court justices, and lawsuits involving members of Congress and the president. The good news is that amid all this, the American […] Read more »
Trump Changed U.S. Politics. Now He’s Changing Political Science
Donald Trump isn’t just disrupting politics. He’s disrupting political science. Since the 2016 election, the president’s unorthodox behavior has breached the ivory tower, forcing professors to rip up their syllabuses, rewrite textbooks, start new lines of research, and craft entirely new course offerings. Professors say Trump has shattered long-held assumptions […] Read more »
Big Pharma Sinks to the Bottom of U.S. Industry Rankings
The pharmaceutical industry is now the most poorly regarded industry in Americans’ eyes, ranking last on a list of 25 industries that Gallup tests annually. Americans are more than twice as likely to rate the pharmaceutical industry negatively (58%) as positively (27%), giving it a net-positive score of -31. The […] Read more »
Can We Guarantee That Colleges Are Intellectually Diverse?
According to some critics of higher education, as college students around the country head back to class, they will search in vain for classroom debate where all opinions are welcome. Conservative watchdog groups paint a dark, repressive picture. “The Evil Empire on Campus,” an online resource published by the organization […] Read more »
Americans’ Satisfaction With U.S. Education at 15-Year High
Gallup’s annual update of how Americans feel about the quality of primary and secondary education in the U.S. finds the public relatively upbeat this year. For the first time since 2004, a slim majority of U.S. adults, 51%, are satisfied with the overall quality of education that students in kindergarten […] Read more »
Parents’ Concern About School Safety Remains Elevated
As summer winds down and children from kindergarten through high school head back to school, 34% of parents remain fearful for their safety. At the same time, fewer (12%) report that their school-aged children have expressed concern about feeling unsafe at school. CONT. Megan Brenan, Gallup Read more »