""There are a variety of very significant concerns that Americans have with higher education that are not unrelated to the topics the Trump administration cites or references as justifications for their crackdown," said Matt Baum, the Marvin Kalb Chair of Global Communications at the Harvard Kennedy School, a public policy professor and one of the survey researchers. Still, "the fact that Americans have these concerns doesn't necessarily translate to agreeing with the corrective measures the Trump administration is advocating and implementing.""
"The results showed that 54 percent of Americans disapproved of the funding freeze, 34 percent of them strongly. Only 22 percent approved or strongly approved."
"The researchers also asked about the administration's effort to "drastically" reduce indirect research cost reimbursements-which they described to the survey takers as "the amount of grant money universities can use to cover research-related costs like buildings and equipment.""
A summer poll finds a majority of Americans oppose the Trump administration's proposed cuts to higher education funding and its campaign against campuses. Fifty-four percent of Americans disapprove of freezing billions in federal research grants to universities, with 34 percent strongly disapproving, while 22 percent approve. The poll also shows limited public support for drastically reducing indirect cost reimbursements and for targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs. More Americans disapprove than approve of President Trump overall. Americans express significant concerns about higher education, yet those concerns do not necessarily translate into support for the administration's corrective measures.
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