Higher Education Trends: Key Insights & Analysis
SS Higher Education Trends
Faith in higher ed slips: 38% of adults report high confidence
Democrats drove a modest decline from last year, according to the latest poll from Lumina Foundation and Gallup.
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Jul 16, 2026
The economy is shutting young adults out of career-entry jobs, analysis finds
Artificial intelligence matters, but in a “narrow, early and age-specific way,” researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said.
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Jul 16, 2026
Penn State, Temple and Pitt get boost from new performance-based funding
A new $10 million pool of performance-based funds adds money to long-stagnant appropriations but falls short of higher education leaders’ hopes.
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Jul 16, 2026
University of California committee suspends standardized test review
The system’s academic senate is “revising its timeline” to comprehensively examine the role of college entrance exams, according to its chair.
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Jul 16, 2026