Americans and affirmative action: How the public sees the consideration of race in college admissions, hiring
Here’s a closer look at what recent surveys have found about Americans’ views of affirmative action.
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Here’s a closer look at what recent surveys have found about Americans’ views of affirmative action.
The public is sharply divided along partisan lines on topics ranging from what should be taught in schools to how much influence parents should have over the curriculum.
While views of and experiences with police vary substantially across demographic groups, there is support for a number of police reforms.
Federal statistics show dramatic declines in U.S. violent and property crime rates since the early 1990s.
Veterans and non-veterans in the United States largely align when it comes to the decision to pull all troops out of Afghanistan.
In 2018, 59% of U.S. adults said there were too few women in high political offices, including 69% of women and 48% of men who said this.
Women make up just over a quarter of all members of the 117th Congress – the highest percentage in U.S. history.
Black and Hispanic adults are more likely than whites to say they feel a need to change the way they talk around people of other races and ethnicities.
Attitudes vary considerably by race on issues including crime, policing, the death penalty, parole decisions and voting rights.
A projected 50.7 million pre-K-12 students will return to the classroom in U.S. public schools this fall. As the school year gets underway, read key findings about America’s students and their experiences.
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