Yale report finds colleges deserve blame for higher education’s problems
High costs, murky admissions practices and uneven standards are among the reasons for discontent.
From The Times
April 16, 2026

Yale has not been directly targeted in the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education, but the university’s president commissioned a report to understand the widening mistrust of institutions, including academia.

An arched wooden doorway in a stone building at Yale.

Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times

The report found a culprit for the discontent: schools like Yale. →

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