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Friday, March 15th, 2024

State Reproductive Policies Important to Enrollment Decisions

Author:     STEPHANIE MARKEN and ZACH HRYNOWSKI
Source:     The Gallup Organization
Publication Date:     MARCH 14, 2024
 Link: State Reproductive Policies Important to Enrollment Decisions
Stephan:  

The Great Schism Trend is having a very serious effect on colleges and universities in Red States, which will further degrade the social outcome data of states controlled by the TCP, both their educational status and the quality of their healthcare, particularly for women. It is further evidence that we are becoming two quite different countries technically operating as a single nation.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • 71% say state reproductive healthcare policies impact college choice
  • 80% of all current/prospective students prefer states with greater access
  • 86% of Democrats and 63% of Republicans prefer states with greater access

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seventy-one percent of currently enrolled and prospective college students say that states’ reproductive healthcare policies are at least somewhat important in their enrollment decisions. This is up slightly from 67% who said the same in late 2022. An even greater increase in the relevance of this issue to prospective and current students is also seen among those indicating these policies are highly important in their enrollment decisions (38% compared with 30% in 2022).

Both surveys were conducted after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on June 24, 2022.

The latest results are from the Lumina Foundation-Gallup 2024 State of Higher Education Study, conducted Oct. 9-Nov. 16, 2023, via a web survey with 14,032 current and prospective college students. This includes 6,015 students enrolled in a post-high school education program (certificate, associate or bachelor’s degree), 5,012 adults not currently enrolled with some college but no degree, and 3,005 adults who have never been enrolled in a postsecondary school or […]

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1 Comment

  1. SeaHeart on Friday, March 15, 2024 at 7:49 am

    To Stephan: What does the term “the TCP” refer to in your introductory comments these days. I don’t see it in the context of the articles and I need elucidation… transmission control protocol??