College Enrollment and Trust Are Low, Caught in a Death Spiral of Liberal Ideology - Commentary

Jonathan Turley, the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University (DC), writes:

In the 1960s, activists on campuses often asked, “What if they gave a war and nobody came?” Social justice warriors today may soon be asking the same question, as more and more young people shun higher education. Trust in higher education is plummeting to record lows. According to Gallup, confidence in universities fell to 36% in 2023, down from 57% in 2015. Not surprisingly, given the growing viewpoint intolerance on our campuses, the largest drops are among Republicans and independents. There has been a precipitous decline in enrollments across the country. From 2010 to 2021, enrollments fell from roughly 18.1 million students to about 15.4 million.