Building Higher Education's "Trust Infrastructure" with Bobbie Laur

In this episode Paul Kuttner speaks with Bobbie Laur, President of Campus Compact, about the political attacks on higher education and the growing loss of public confidence. Laur argues that community engagement — partnerships between communities and higher ed institutions — can serve as a "trust infrastructure." Community engagement helps to rebuild public faith in colleges and universities by addressing pressing societal challenges. Paul and Bobbie discuss the valid concerns driving this loss of confidence (cost, access, inequality), Bobbie's journey into partnership work, examples of campuses integrating community engagement across the institution, and Compact's new federal advocacy efforts. Read Bobbie's article, A Higher Education Compact in Action Learn more about Campus Compact and their many initiatives at https://compact.org ---------------------------- If you like this show, you can hear all the episodes and more at https://partnershipwork.org You can also join our free Substack newsletter at https://partnershipwork.substack.com/ Partnership Work is an independent podcast, produced with the support of Urban Media Arts in Malden, MA. Visit them at https://urbanmediaarts.org/ The music for this episode was Hazy Reflections from the NFL Music Library on APM Music.