 An increasing percentage of Americans are losing confidence in higher education. Phil Hewlett reports. According to the latest Gallup poll, 32% of those surveyed said they have only some confidence in higher education, and 32% expressed little or no confidence. Gallup first asked this question in 2015 and found that 57% of Americans had a great deal of confidence in the country's colleges and universities. That compares with 36% in the latest survey. I'm Phil Hewlett.