Here is the actual survey:
National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted January 4-5, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Do people learn more practical skills in college or through life experiences and work after college?
2* In today’s economic environment, is a college degree still a good financial investment?
3* Which of the following educational option offers the best value for the money - a four-year college, a two-year community college, a Masters degree, vocational school, or an online degree?
4* In America today, can just about any good student who wants to attend college find a way to do so?
5* Should every American attend a post-secondary school institution, whether it be college or some kind of vocational school?
6* One major city is now considering a proposal that would require all high school students to apply to at least one college before graduating. Do you favor or oppose a law in your community that would require all high school students to apply to at least one college as a requirement for graduation?
7* The same city is also considering a proposal that would require all high school students to take college entrance exams like the SAT or ACT. Do you favor or oppose a law in your community that would require all high school students to take college entrance exams as a requirement for graduation?
8* Who is most responsible for determining whether a student should apply to college – parents, the school system, the government or the students themselves?
9* If a student is accepted into college but cannot afford to go, should the government pay for that student’s college education?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
Just what ever happened to the quaint idea of working and saving to support what ever you want to do? What ever happened to the idea of delayed gratification? This socialistic stuff is undermining the United States.
Don’t forget to pay for their cell phones and to get their nails done.
The same 38% who wouldn’t be helping to cover the expense, I bet.
Our nation is doomed. Too many stupid, lazy parasites who vote.
Good bye America. I’m going to miss you!
Fall semester was my daughter’s first at a big-10 school. She tells me about two of her profs who are teaching econ & some gov course (general ed credits). One prof from Turkey, the other from Egypt. Instead of following the test books, they assign reading from other books. Serious slant in the reading and lectures! We don’t have to wonder why a business grad doesn’t understand basic economics. Here is one reason... She hasn’t even received her grade from one of the profs yet. Bull$#!+
I wonder if the sampling error takes into account people who have only cell phones and people like me who don’t answer the phone unless I recognize the caller.
If not, then someone should do some statistics on just how representative a sampling telephone surveys are. I question whether a good sample can be obtained with 1000 respondents.