In America, Most Republicans Think Colleges Are Bad for the Country (chronicle.com)

An anonymous reader quotes the Chronicle of Higher Education: A majority of Republicans and right-leaning independents think higher education has a negative effect on the country, according to a new study released by the Pew Research Center on Monday. The same study has found a consistent increase in distrust of colleges and universities since 2010, when negative perceptions among Republicans was measured at 32 percent. That number now stands at 58 percent. By comparison, 72 percent of Democrats or left-leaning Independents in the study said colleges and universities have a positive impact on the United States... In the Pew Research Center's study, distrust of colleges was strongest in the highest income bracket and the oldest age group, with approval levels of just 31 percent among respondents whose family income exceeds $75,000 a year and 27 percent among those older than 65.

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Re:There's an obvious reason

[OzPeter]

It's because colleges are the most left leaning places in America. I'd bet more American flags are burned at American colleges than in Russia and all middle eastern countries combined. It's not that republicans hate education.

Flag burning was ruled by the supreme court to be protected under the First Amendment.
Why do you hate the constitution?

Re:There's an obvious reason

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I'd bet more American flags are burned

I bet more American flags are burned by veterans and Boy Scouts than at all colleges combined.

Re:There's an obvious reason - Trump University

[Anonymous Coward]

I can't believe no one has proposed this reason yet: Trump University. Republican are embarassed.