Higher education is under siege, with many students and parents balking at high costs. In a series of op-eds, university leaders lay out their efforts to keep college affordable. This is the second in the series. Here are some recent conclusions about higher education that are drawing national attention: College is unaffordable and overpriced, highly selective and inequitable, biased and conformist. A recent Yale report highlights these as some of the main public perceptions and concerns driving declining trust in higher education. And yet, as the report correctly notes, elite private institutions like Yale represent only a sliver of American colleges and universities.
