| By QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY HIGHER ED POLL |
| More than 7 out of 10 Americans (74 percent) think it is important that college and university students be taught how to use AI. Forty-two percent think it is very important and 32 percent think it is somewhat important. But there is skepticism about AI’s impact on students’ ability to learn and how institutions may use AI. Americans 59 – 30 percent oppose colleges and universities using AI tools in screening new student applications. They also 52 – 44 percent oppose colleges and universities using AI to tutor students. When it comes to AI’s impact on learning, 42 percent of Americans think college students are more likely to use AI to help them learn, while 47 percent think college students are more likely to use AI to help them avoid learning. |
| Seventy-eight percent of Americans who earned an associate’s degree or higher say getting their degree was worth it, considering the costs of getting their college degree versus the benefits to them personally, while 20 percent say it was not worth it. |
| Roughly three-quarters of Americans (76 percent) think international students coming to the United States to study at colleges and universities is a good thing for the United States, while 16 percent think it is a bad thing. |
| Other key findings A majority of Americans (58 percent) give colleges and universities a good grade, with 15 percent thinking they are doing an excellent job educating their students and 43 percent thinking they are doing a good job, while 36 percent give colleges and universities a bad grade, with 17 percent thinking they are doing a not so good job and 19 percent thinking they are doing a poor job. A plurality of Americans (44 percent) think the amount of money the federal government provides in student loans should be increased, 29 percent think the amount should remain the same and 18 percent think the amount should be decreased. Americans were asked whether, compared with a traditional four-year bachelor’s degree, they think a three-year applied bachelor’s degree with less course work than the traditional four-year bachelor’s degree is a better choice for most students, a worse choice, or about the same. Thirty-six percent think it is a better choice, 13 percent think it is a worse choice, and 42 percent think it is about the same. |
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