Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Jennifer Paluch, and Sonja Petek
November 2009
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Some findings of the current survey:
- Californians give high grades to their public higher education systems but are worried about increased student costs and state budget cuts.
- State leaders get record low approval ratings for their handling of higher education: 21 percent for Governor Schwarzenegger and 16 percent for the state legislature.
- Sixty-seven percent of Latino parents of children aged 18 or younger are very worried about being able to afford a college education, while 38 percent of white parents say the same.
Job Approval Ratings:
Governor Schwarzenegger
California State Legislature
Time Trends of Job Approval Ratings:
Governor Schwarzenegger
California State Legislature
Mood of Californians:
General Direction of Things in California
Economic Outlook for California
Time Trends for the Mood of Californians:
General Direction of Things in California
Economic Outlook for California
This survey was supported with funding from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
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