The proportion of people who think colleges are more concerned with their financial well-being than with giving students a quality education continues to grow, according to an annual survey of the public’s view of higher education.
A nationwide poll conducted in December found that 60 percent of respondents believed colleges are “like most businesses and mainly care about the bottom line,” compared with 32 percent who said colleges are mostly interested in “making sure students have a good educational experience.” In 2007, 52 percent of people polled said colleges were more concerned about being in the black, with 43 percent saying education was the biggest concern of institutions.
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