What Will It Take to Rebuild Trust in Higher Education?

dotEDU: Higher Education Policy Explained · May 13, 2026 · 58m

Yale University's Committee on Trust in Higher Education spent a year examining the forces behind declining public confidence in colleges and universities and came back with 20 recommendations for how institutions can respond. Julia Adams, cochair of the committee, walks us through the findings and what they might mean for campuses nationwide.

Here are links to the the report and the policy issues the hosts discuss:

Report of the Yale Committee on Trust in Higher Education (PDF)

https://president.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2026-04/Report-of-the-Committee-on-Trust-in-Higher-Education.pdf…