As students return to campus, the Pew Research Center reports that new survey results show that only half of Americans think colleges and universities are having a positive effect on the way things are going in the U.S. these days, and 61% indicate that the higher education system is moving in the wrong direction.

The report can be obtained at https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/essay/the-growing-partisan-divide-in-views-of-higher-education/?utm_campaign=2019-08-28+Rundown&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Pew.