{"id":97197,"date":"2025-10-27T09:38:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=97197"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:40:05","slug":"70-of-americans-say-feds-shouldnt-control-admissions-curriculum-schwartz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/10\/27\/70-of-americans-say-feds-shouldnt-control-admissions-curriculum-schwartz\/","title":{"rendered":"70% of Americans say feds shouldn\u2019t control admissions, curriculum [Schwartz]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/news\/americans-trump-disagree-control-colleges-admissions-curriculum\/803678\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>70% of Americans say feds shouldn\u2019t control admissions, curriculum<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from highereddive.com by Natalie Schwartz<br \/>\n<em>The Public Religion Research Institute poll comes as the Trump administration is pressuring colleges to change their policies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"standard-heading\"><strong>Dive Brief:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most polled Americans, 70%, disagreed that the federal government should control \u201cadmissions, faculty hiring, and curriculum at U.S. colleges and universities to ensure they do not teach inappropriate material,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prri.org\/press-release\/survey-majorities-of-americans-say-trump-policies-including-cuts-in-health-care-and-research-spending-and-implementation-of-tariffs-have-gone-too-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to a survey<\/a>\u00a0released Wednesday by the Public Religion Research Institute.<\/li>\n<li>The majority of Americans across political parties \u2014 84% of Democrats, 75% of independents and 58% of Republicans \u2014 disagreed with federal control over these elements of college operations.<\/li>\n<li>The poll\u2019s results come as the Trump administration seeks to exert control over college workings, including in its recent offer of priority for federal research funding in exchange for making sweeping policy changes aligned with the government\u2019s priorities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/news\/trump-university-compact-deadline-response\/803303\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u2018Nothing less than government control\u2019: Higher ed responds to Trump\u2019s compact<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from highereddive.com by Ben Unglesbee<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Federal officials offered preferential funding treatment to nine initial colleges in exchange for sweeping changes. Here\u2019s how they replied.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>70% of Americans say feds shouldn\u2019t control admissions, curriculum &#8212; from highereddive.com by Natalie Schwartz The Public Religion Research Institute poll comes as the Trump administration is pressuring colleges to change their policies. 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