Most American’s SUPPORT continual funding and tax-exemptions for American Colleges and Universities against Trump’s efforts to get them to dance to his policy wants…
As Donald Trump cuts federal funding from some universities and threatens to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status, most of the public believes that higher education makes significant contributions to the United States. Many also have mixed views about the proposals to penalize them.
Six in 10 adults favor maintaining federal funding for scientific and medical research at colleges and universities while only about 3 in 10 support withholding federal funding from institutions for noncompliance with the president’s goals or removing their tax-exempt status.
There is bipartisan support for continuing research funding to colleges and universities. However, Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats or independents to support withholding federal funding for colleges and universities that do not comply with requirements related to the president’s agenda or removing their tax-exempt status. Most Democrats oppose these actions.
Sixty-four percent of adults think that colleges and universities make positive contributions to medical and scientific research and 63% feel they encourage new ideas and innovative technology. Half feel the same about their contribution to the quality of the U.S. workforce and 4 in 10 think that colleges and universities make a positive impact to defense and military research. Few think universities have a negative impact.
College graduates are more likely than those without a degree to think colleges and universities make a positive impact on medical and scientific research (79% vs. 55%), innovative ideas and technology (73% vs. 56%), the quality of the U.S. workforce (62% vs. 39%), and military related research (48% vs. 35%).
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