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Rebuilding Public Trust in Higher Education

Friday, January 23, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
Location: Liberty Salons L/M - Level M4

    Moderator(s)

  • Jeremy Young

    Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives
    American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)

    • Presenter(s)

  • Bobbie Laur

    President
    Campus Compact, United States

  • Jenna Silber Storey

    Co-Director, Center for the Future of the American University
    American Enterprise Institute

  • John Silvanus Wilson, Jr.

    Executive Director, McGraw Center for Educational Leadership, Penn GSE
    Former President, Morehouse College

Pre-registration is required to attend this session.

Higher education faces a crisis of declining public trust and a new reality in which the social contract between colleges and the communities they serve is not guaranteed but rather something institutions must continually demonstrate, advocate for, and renew. Join us for breakfast as we hear from three leading thinkers with very different insights on how to rejuvenate that social contract, including a discussion of how higher education may need to change its approach to students, communities, and democracy itself.