Republican candidate Rick Santorum’s attack on President Barack Obama’s promotion of a college education conflicts with the broad appeal and economic value that higher education holds for young Americans.
With the economy still struggling after emerging from a recession, more than two-thirds of U.S. adults view a college degree as essential for getting a good job, according to a Gallup Poll published in August. And 94 percent of parents with children under 18 expect them to go to college, said Paul Taylor, executive vice president at the Pew Research Center in Washington.
