Most Republicans View Higher Education as Bad for America

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Fifty-eight percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say colleges and universities have a negative effect on the country, according to a new Pew Research Center study. This marks a 45 percent increase from last year's study. Comparatively, 72 percent of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents say higher education has a positive impact on the country. Fifty-five percent of the general population was also found to think positively of higher education. The research center surveyed 2,504 adults across the country last month.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/pew-most-republicans-view-higher-education-as-bad-for-america

[Moostache]

1. Jesus F'ing Christ Crucified....stop the insanity!!!!

So, education is bad now too?

I hope these motherfuckers all get diseases that COULD have been cured if they would have recognized the value of having a SMART population instead of a COMPLIANT one...

This kind of shit makes me wish that assault and battery were forgiven if you could show 'temporary insanity'...

[n2doc]

7. RW AM Hate radio has been banging away on this

They constantly complain about 'safe zones' and how Universities don't allow 'free speech' and a full of 'communist' professors. The only thing that really surprises me is how fast the change has taken place in republicans attitudes. Blame Trump for that.

[d_r]

2. Oh dear lord

It really is Idiocracy

[matt819]

3. Check college records for R Congresspeople

Sounds like a job for an intern. Get college and degree histories of all R Congresspeople. Any odd sounding or oddly spelled college names - check for diploma mills. Transcripts are probably not available.

[Catmusicfan]

4. That has me numb.

[Goodheart]

5. Holy effing sht

Words fail me now.

[CanonRay]

6. These people are literally killing this country

[Goodheart]

8. I just relayed this news and expressed my dismay on a very conservative talk board, and guess what?

Here is one of the replies I got, no lie:

"Every day I question whether many of these so called bastions of upper education even deserve my child. I can say without hesitation that if offered a full ride to Harvard, the answer would be an emphatic "no".