>Is College Worth It?
College Presidents, Public Assess, Value, Quality and Mission of Higher Education
By Pew Social Trends Staff
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report is based on findings from a pair of Pew Research Center surveys conducted this spring. One is a telephone survey taken among a nationally representative sample of 2,142 adults ages 18 and older. The other is an online survey, done in association with the Chronicle of Higher Education, among the presidents of 1,055 two-year and four-year private, public, and for-profit colleges and universities. (See a description of our survey methodology.)