Networks of Trust

The Social Costs of College and What We Can Do about Them

By: Anthony Simon Laden

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Hardcover | 10 December 2024 | Edition Number 1

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An eye-opening look at how parents' mistrust of colleges has less to do with what their kids are learning than with whom they come to trust.

In today's culture wars, higher education, a familiar battlefield, faces criticism from both the left and the right. Colleges and universities are accused of indoctrinating conservative students with liberal values and failing to be inclusive of marginalized students. The anxieties expressed on both sides of the political spectrum have much in common. And notably, they are triggered not by the educational mission's failure, but by its success.

In Networks of Trust, philosopher Anthony Simon Laden offers a new lens through which to view political debates about higher education. Laden argues that a college education encourages students to inhabit and use new informational trust networks: the complex networks of people and institutions they trust as reliable sources of information with which to think about and understand the world. In doing so, a college education leads some students to question the very trust networks established by their communities, placing stress on those social ties. For many students, that stress imposes a considerable cost. Recognizing both the benefits and potential harms built into the education that these institutions provide, Networks of Trust offers a path for both sides to engage with one another and proposes how colleges and universities can carry out their educational mission in a positive, trustworthy manner.

Industry Reviews

"This book pushes past our typically vague thoughts about trust in education to explain why genuine trust across people who see the world differently is so hard to achieve and so important to strive for. Essential reading." -- Michael S. McPherson, coauthor of 'Lesson Plan: An Agenda for Change in American Higher Education'
"Amid the growing skepticism of legislators, students, and citizens toward colleges and universities, there is no topic that is more timely or urgent than how to rebuild trust in higher education. Networks of Trust makes a critical contribution by showing us the importance of earning and sustaining that trust within our classrooms and our institutions." -- Jennifer M. Morton, author of 'Moving Up without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility'

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