His worst areas were regulation, college affordability, and research support.

Red Alert Politics reports.

Poll: Not even college presidents think Obama is doing a good job

When university presidents were asked about President Obama’s performance on higher education, the response was tepid.

University presidents are naively optimistic about race relations on their campuses, but they also give Obama a C grade, according to a survey from Inside Higher Ed and Gallup.

Two-year public colleges favored Obama the most, followed by public colleges in general and private non-profit colleges. That Obama has promised community colleges more funding, but not reform, explains his appeal.

“He receives his best grades for focusing attention on low-income students, with 67 percent of college presidents giving him an A or B grade and a G.P.A. of 2.7, or a B-. The president also gets relatively higher grades on student aid (2.4) and using the bully pulpit to promote higher education (2.2),” Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman wrote.