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    What Americans Know About Science

    Many Americans can answer at least some questions about science concepts. Science knowledge levels remain strongly tied to education; Republicans and Democrats are about equally knowledgeable.

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    5. The future of work in the automated workplace

    The American workplace is changing rapidly, as technology and automation transform the nature of work. Even with the economy at or near full employment, the public is skeptical that the future will bring more job security, and they are wary about the long-term impact of technological innovation on workers. Only 14% of adults say, by […]

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    Methodology

    The analysis of the undergraduate population is based on the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS). The survey has been conducted periodically by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) since 1987. It is designed to be nationally representative of undergraduates enrolled in postsecondary institutions that are eligible to participate in federal financial aid programs. […]

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    Part Two: Taking a closer look at local news attitudes and behaviors within individual local areas

    Residents of two areas – San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX and Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI – see their local news media as notably more connected to the community than U.S. adults overall, and they also give their local media better ratings. Residents of the other two – Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA and Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN – show more negative attitudes and lower interest in local news.

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    3. Views of demographic changes

    As the U.S. population becomes more racially and ethnically diverse, Americans have mixed views about how the country might change when blacks, Hispanics, Asians and other minorities make up a majority of the population. While more say this change will be good for the country than say it will be bad, the predominant view is […]

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    1. The climate for discourse around the country, on campus and on social media

    Seven-in-ten or more Americans say that Democrats, Republicans, liberals and conservatives are at least somewhat comfortable to “freely and openly express their political views” in both their local communities and in the country overall. But there are key partisan differences in these feelings – particularly in views of the national political climate, with Republicans especially […]