A Gallup/Inside Higher Ed poll asked 523 American college and university Presidents what they thought of a proposal to provide states with $18bn in awards to pay for free public higher education. The poll was conducted before Senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton outlined their own similar plans, but shows that exactly half of respondents said they either strongly or somewhat favour the plan. Broken down by sector, 71% of public college/university Presidents favour the plan, while only 28% of their counterparts at private institutions do the same, according to Inside Higher Education. Despite this support, only 11% of surveyed respondents think debt-free college will be adopted within four-year.
A Gallup/Inside Higher Ed poll asked 523 American college and university Presidents what they thought of a proposal to provide states with $18bn in awards to pay for free public higher education. The poll was conducted before Senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton outlined their own similar plans, but shows that exactly half of respondents said they either strongly or somewhat favour the plan. Broken down by sector, 71% of public college/university Presidents favour the plan, while only 28% of their counterparts at private institutions do the same, according to Inside Higher Education. Despite this support, only 11% of surveyed respondents think debt-free college will be adopted within four years.