Join us for IWPR’s 2026 Power+ Summit, The Power Grid: Driving Gender Equity Forward, taking place September 28–29 in Detroit, MI.
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Washington, D.C. — Amid the nationwide debate about the value of education and student debt programs, a new IWPR poll, conducted by Morning Consult, shows that more than three in four adults who attended college think their education was a worthwhile investment. The same poll showed that nearly twice as many adults support student loan forgiveness as oppose it, even if they themselves were not eligible for student debt programs. Overall, IWPR’s poll of 2,207 adults provides a comprehensive view of public sentiment on the barriers that many face as they seek access to higher education and the repercussions of recent Supreme Court decisions on student debt and affirmative action.