AAC&U's @jeremycyoung.bsky.social joined the Changing Higher Ed podcast to discuss “The Trust Agenda” and how colleges and universities can strengthen public trust through action, accountability, and community engagement. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3QQu70o

I absolutely adore this interview of my friend Bobbie Laur by Scout Meredith Best at the APT Words Substack. Read the whole thing: aptwords.substack.com/p/trust-is-l...

@jeremycyoung.bsky.social joined the Accreditation Insights podcast to discuss “The Trust Agenda,” which outlines recommendations to build public trust, make campuses more trustworthy, and enable colleges and universities to defend their missions successfully. Listen here: https://bit.ly/4vxfRZn

Grateful to Drumm McNaughton for this insightful conversation about The Trust Agenda for The Change Leader. This was one of my favorite podcast sessions. changinghighered.com/the-trust-ag...

First podcast interview on The Trust Agenda! I was delighted to speak with Laurie Shanderson and Leamor Kahanov about the report and its recommendations, and to connect them with the challenges and opportunities facing accreditors today. www.accreditationinsights.com/aacuyoung/

AAC&U unveils a plan to rebuild public trust in universities www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

In conjunction with the launch of The Trust Agenda, we are publishing on our Substack a few in-depth Trust in Action profiles of colleges featured in the report for doing trust work right. First up: Navajo Technical University. Link in comments.

Every college and university wants public trust. The question is how to earn it. Explore AAC&U's new report, “The Trust Agenda:” aacu.org/the-trust-agenda

Thanks to Jason Gonzales for including The Trust Agenda in his @chalkbeat.org newsletter! cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/the-trust-...

Extensive quotes from me and @aacu.org President Lynn Pasquerella in this excellent @uniworldnews.bsky.social story by Nathan Greenfield on The Trust Agenda. www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

A visit to Bunker Hill Community College was formative in our development of The Trust Agenda. Thanks to President Pam Eddinger and her team for showing us what a trusted and trustworthy campus looks like. www.bhcc.edu/news/2026/ju...

The @washingtonpost.com covers The Trust Agenda at length, in a great piece by @susansvrluga.bsky.social. Word is getting around! www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Thanks to Matt Zalaznick for this University Business coverage of The Trust Agenda! universitybusiness.com/here-are-5-w...

Thanks to Rick Seltzer for covering The Trust Agenda as the top story in his Daily Briefing at @chronicle.com! www.chronicle.com/newsletter/d...

Thanks to @jessicablake.bsky.social for interviewing me for a great @insidehighered.com story on The Trust Agenda! www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...

🚨🚨 For the past nine months, my team @aacu.org has studied how can college and university leaders can advance public trust in higher education. Today, we published our report, The Trust Agenda. Here's what we found.

Be among the first to learn about “The Trust Agenda: A Framework for Advancing Public Trust in Higher Education.” Join AAC&U's free virtual launch event on June 16. Register: https://bit.ly/4dHfncQ

Over the weekend, I used this graph to explain our new report's argument about public trust in higher education: it's gone down, we want to make it go up. Of course, it's a little more complicated than that!

"We cannot stand by as the U.S. research ecosystem is dismantled. We must act." 🔥🔥 new piece on the attacks on science at universities by my colleague Felicia Fullilove. aptwords.substack.com/p/the-surviv...

NEW: for APT Words, Scout Meredith Best interviews @meglittlereilly.bsky.social about the work of the Center for Community News, a vital project for rebuilding public trust in higher education. aptwords.substack.com/p/the-studen...

Yet another interesting new piece on public trust in higher ed out today, this one by SUNY chancellor John King. hechingerreport.org/opinion-if-h...

Enjoyed this piece by Angela Valenzuela on the relationship between public trust and the defense of higher education. texasedequity.blogspot.com/2026/06/prov...

Really interested in learning more about this research project on public trust in higher ed by Barrett Taylor and Brendan Cantwell. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

From Aspen to Duke to AEI, here's what the Advancing Public Trust in Higher Education team was up to in May. Oh -- and getting ready for the launch of our forthcoming report, The Trust Agenda. Sign up for the launch event on June 16! aptwords.substack.com/p/the-trust-...

My thoughts on the @historians.org Council election.

Hello, friends. As you know, higher education is in crisis, and it's back on its heels, reacting to events and bad news. We've got a plan to change that.

AAC&U’s @jeremycyoung.bsky.social pays tribute to the legacy of the late Harry Keyishian, noted advocate for academic freedom, in the latest article for APT Words. Read more on Substack: https://bit.ly/48SkWSX

Wondering what the Advancing Public Trust in Higher Education team @aacu.org has been up to over the past month? We've got you covered. aptwords.substack.com/p/the-april-...

My in memoriam post on Harry Keyishian, a hero of academic freedom who died last month. I was privileged to meet Harry in November 2024, and to interview him by email in January 2025, when he was ninety-two years old. aptwords.substack.com/p/academic-f...

RIP to a fake one

New at APT Words: my colleague Felicia Fullilove analyzes a recent budget conflict in the Wyoming state legislature, arguing that the lawmakers’ lack of trust in public universities does not always match what the local public thinks. aptwords.substack.com/p/a-wyoming-...

My thoughts on that Yale report on public trust in higher education. Some good and some bad, but overall more agreement than disagreement. Our report on the same topic will be out in a few months. aptwords.substack.com/p/the-good-a...

Woohoo, here's my essay with my fav co-author on 30,000 fellowship wins across the Guggenheim, Stanford CASBS, NAEd, National Humanities Center, RSF visiting scholar, and Harvard Radcliffe. Spoiler: it's the people working at prestigious universities www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...

Glad to be featured in @cflaihe.bsky.social's story for @insidehighered.com about how to build public trust in higher education. Read my comments here: www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

This is happening now! Tune in if you can!

AAC&U's @jeremycyoung.bsky.social will join The Global Observatory on Academic Freedom for the webinar "How Academic Freedom is Conceptualised, Codified, Enacted and Contested: Country and Region Health Checks" on April 8, 9:00-10:30 a.m. ET. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/4c0KsWJ

If you can get to Durham, NC on May 22-23, please come to this exciting free conference on higher ed, democracy, and illiberalism. Our fearless leader, Lynn Pasquerella, will help kick off the event, and I'll be rolling out some of the ideas from our forthcoming report on public trust in higher ed.

Where we've been, where we're going: @aacu.org's Advancing Public Trust in Higher Education team havs been taking the show on the road. Read this post to learn what we've been up to in March, and what's coming in April and beyond. aptwords.substack.com/p/apt-on-the...

"Young...wants people to view college much like the local fire department.... 'Colleges offer concrete benefits to ordinary people, not just students,' he said." Thanks to @karinfischer.bsky.social @chronicle.com for quoting me on the case for college. www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

There’s less talk about this stuff bc his DOJ is suing companies and universities that talk about it!

Sign up for our new Substack, please! It's your one-stop shop for updates on my team's work on advancing public trust in higher education. If you'd like to see higher ed do better -- and be treated better -- this one's for you.

A poem about public trust in higher ed? Liz Hutchison found one in her research for our forthcoming @aacu.org report. The poem, and Liz's analysis of its reflections on South African apartheid, form this week's APT Words post on Substack. Subscribe if you haven't already!

"To revitalize rural trust in higher education, institutions... should be willing to adopt some responsibility for building durable, reciprocal connections with rural communities." Read more from Scout Meredith Best and me, and please subscribe! aptwords.substack.com/p/recasting-...

How can #highered rebuild public trust? We can start, write Scout Meredith Best and @jeremycyoung.bsky.social#highered by reexamining our relationship with rural America. Read more on APT Words, a new Substack from AAC&U’s Advancing Public Trust in Higher Education initiative. https://bit.ly/4sE9tOh

NEW: we're live with APT Words, a new Substack @aacu.org that will offer our latest program updates and commentary about public trust in higher ed. Please subscribe to stay informed about our work, and check out our lead story today on higher ed and rural America. aptwords.substack.com

Our little book on a big issue is out, with thought-provoking essays from @annieabrams.bsky.social, @lydiamillet.bsky.social, @briankgoodman.bsky.social, @electrostani.bsky.social, @jeremycyoung.bsky.social, @edrabinski.bsky.social, and more who are not on here--hoping people find it useful

This is tomorrow at 1 PM ET! Come hear me, Heidi Tseu, and Joe Brenckle talk about public trust and higher ed leadership. Thanks to the Association of Governing Boards for organizing.

I'll be speaking about public trust in higher education at this webinar hosted by the Association of Governing Boards. Sign up for free at the link. agb.org/events/webin...

Higher ed is where we name who we are and dream of who we want to become. That dream is under threat. I’m proud to introduce the @alliancehighered.bsky.social and humbled to serve as its inaugural president. Join the movement in support opportunity and democracy: allianceforhighered.org

"Even after accounting for the upfront costs and delayed benefits, enrolling marginal applicants to public universities generates substantial net returns for society, the marginal students themselves, and the government budget." Public Universities FTW!