This partnership poll from The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation examines the issue of sexual assault on college campuses by exploring the views and experiences of students ages 17 to 26 currently or recently enrolled in a four-year college or university who live on or near campus. The […] Read more »
Poll Finds Younger Generations Are Redefining Path To Success
Younger Americans are shifting how they achieve the shared American goals of family, homeownership and career as they face new, evolving challenges, finds a new poll released today by The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) and National Journal. The 23rd Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll explores Americans’ priorities and expectations for […] Read more »
How student debt became a presidential campaign issue
The $1.3 trillion burden of student debt is becoming an issue in the 2016 presidential campaign as candidates court the millions of Americans grappling with the high cost of college. … Democratic pollster Geoff Garin, who worked on Clinton’s 2008 campaign, said he thinks the issue of student debt is […] Read more »
Voter surveys must be neutral and without bias, pollsters say
Conducting surveys of voters’ attitudes on such controversial issues as teacher tenure, layoffs and seniority can be challenging and need to be handled with neutrality and without bias, according to the bipartisan team that handled a recent USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. … Unions representing teachers expressed concerns about how […] Read more »
California: Most Public School Parents Unfamiliar With New Online Tests
As California schools begin administering new online standardized tests, most public school parents say they have heard nothing about them, according to a statewide survey by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). … More generally, Californians are divided about whether standardized tests are accurate measures of a student’s progress […] Read more »
Parents’ College Funding Worries Are Top Money Concern
More U.S. parents worry about having enough money to pay for their children’s college education than other Americans worry about any common financial concerns. The 73% of parents of children younger than 18 who worry about funding college tops the 70% of lower-income Americans who worry about having enough money […] Read more »