Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Explore the Data
- Introduction
- Americans believe well-paying jobs require education after high school.
- Americans believe education after high school creates opportunities.
- Americans want change in higher education.
- Americans believe public colleges and universities are worth the cost but feel more mixed about private and for-profit colleges and universities.
- Regardless of demographic, Americans like their local colleges and universities.
- Americans support workforce-based programs such as apprenticeships.
- Americans believe higher education is a public benefit and that the government should do more to make it affordable.
- Perception versus reality
- North Carolina
- Institutional Profile: Elon University
- Apprenticeship Program Profile: Siemens Charlotte
Americans support workforce-based programs such as apprenticeships.
This year a new question was asked about favorability towards apprenticeship and skills training programs. It is especially important to gauge the favorability of this educational pathway as more attention has been paid by the president and policymakers to developing these programs. There is wide agreement (90 percent, with 53 percent strongly agreeing) that apprenticeships and skills training programs, many of which take place on community college campuses, prepare students for a good standard of living.
Findings by Party Identification
There is wide agreement across all party identifications that apprenticeship and skills training programs prepare students for a good standard of living.