A Yale Report Found that Universities Are at Fault for Erosion of Trust in Higher Education. What Does This Mean for Brown?

Yale Admits Why Trust in Higher Education Is Collapsing

Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published on the National Association of Scholars on April 21, 2026. It is crossposted here with permission. On April 10, a 10-member Yale committee released a yearlong study on declining trust in higher education. In a surprising twist, the committee pointed the finger at the very things education reformers have been pointing out for […] The post Correcting the Course? appeared first on Mindin…

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A Yale report found that universities are at fault for erosion of trust in higher education. What does this mean for Brown?

An April 10 report from a designated committee of professors at Yale determined that American universities bear significant fault for the erosion of public trust in higher education. The study cites high cost of attendance, opaque admissions processes and intellectual homogeneity on campus as key drivers of public distrust. The study also lists 20 recommendations for Yale to rebuild public trust, ranging from "reform undergraduate admissions" to…