declining enrollments. Skepticism about higher education A 2017 poll funded by House Majority PAC found that white working-class voters were skeptical about higher education. The key findings: 57% said a college degree "would result in more debt and little likelihood of landing a good-paying job." 83% said a college degree was "no longer any guarantee of success in America." Declining accessibility and high cost According to an analysis of social mobility and higher education in the US by Equality of Opportunity, "colleges that offered many low-income students pathways to success are becoming less accessible over time." According to a Public Agenda poll, only 43% of Americans say private, nonprofit universities and colleges are worth the cost. Thousands of US college students rely on sponsors to make ends meet. Student welfare Student debt One of the dysfunctions of higher education is rapidly growing student loan debt that may take decades to repay, even if students never graduate. Several student debt groups have been created since 2014, after the Debt Collective paid off student loans for 3,700 Everest College students. Ending affirmative action According to multiple sources, the Trump administration's Department of Justice is conducting investigations to ensure that African Americans and Latinos are not favored over whites and Asians. In a 2019 Pew poll, 73 percent of a representative sample of Americans said that race or ethnicity should not be a factor in college admissions. Alcohol and drug abuse Alcohol and drug abuse are serious concerns on US college campuses. They are related to other campus social problems, such as fraternity hazing. and sexual assault. According to the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, "more than one-third of full-time college students aged 18 to 22 engaged in binge drinking as against 1 in 4 adults in the past month; about 1 in 5 used an illicit drug (which includes marijuana) in the past month." The report added that "on an average day during the past year, from about 9.0 million full-time college students 2,179 drank alcohol for the first time, and 1,326 used an illicit drug for the first time." Sexual assault Campus sexual assault is hard to quantify. Among undergraduate students, 23.1% of females and 5.4% of males experience some form of sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation. There is concern that colleges have been overly aggressive in enforcing Title IX regulations. They have empowered investigators