Social Change In America

SOCIAL CHANGE IS IMPORTANT TO AMERICANS 91% SAY "IT IS IMPORTANT TO SOCIETY AS A WHOLE THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE INVOLVED IN POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE." 77% SAY "IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME PERSONALLY TO BE INVOLVED IN POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE." 89% 81% 74% Adults with a college or graduate degree are more likely than others to say that social change is important to them personally. EDUCATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE ON AMERICAN'S MINDS WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL CHANGE: 40% 35% 33% education health poverty TEDUCATION-O is the key to the future of positive SOCIAL CHANGE Adults report the reason social change is important (in more ways than one) to them is because of what they learned or activities they did in school: 60% 46% ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 80% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL AS COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES WILL HAVE A LARGER OR THE SAME ROLE IN SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. WALDEN UNIVERSITY'S SOCIAL CHANGE IMPACT REPORT, CONDUCTED BY HARRIS INTERACTIVE, MARCH 2011 SOME COLLEGE COLLEGE DEGREE SOCIAL CHANGE 101 GRADUATE DEGREE +.