No More ‘Just Trust Us’: Some Private Universities Are Raising the Curtain on Their Inner Workings

“The response of ‘Just trust us, we’re doing good things’ — that response doesn’t really fly anymore,” said Christina Paxson, the university’s president since 2012. In a interview she cited recent polling that shows that young Americans have less trust in institutions than do their older counterparts. “If we’re proud of our actions, there’s no reason to keep deep secrets.”