Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of Science and a former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and former provost of Washington University in St. Louis, and Buck Goldstein, former entrepreneur-in-residence at UNC Chapel Hill, write:  Much has been written about how confidence in higher education has plummeted. As devastating as they are, the surveys cited showing this crisis of confidence predate the disastrous events in December when three prominent and accomplished college presidents were ambushed in Congress about antisemitism on their campuses. If the surveys were run now, the results would likely be even worse.