THE SCROLL: Social media users have little hope for Einsteins' vision of university
Comments on a social media post highlighting a quote from Albert Einstein reveal diminished faith in American universities.
”The Scroll” is Campus Reform’s serial coverage of social media postings and debates that relate to liberal bias in higher education.
Comments on a social media post highlighting a quote from Albert Einstein reveal diminished faith in American universities.
On Monday, the popular X account “Physics in History” posted a photo of Albert Einstein alongside his quote asserting that “The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.”
That used to be the value of a university education.
— Marc Esadrian (@MarcEsadrian) September 25, 2023
Many responses to the post communicated the belief that while this may have been the case at one point, it is no longer the reality.
No longer true.
— John Tintera (@JJT13) September 25, 2023
I hope our system can bring more emphasis to this once again 🫶I unfortunately have encountered many book-smart genius scientists who struggle greatly in industry, while many high-school educated technicians out perform them daily on not only production and generating value, but…
— The Traveling Scientist (@TheTravelingPhD) September 25, 2023
”The good ol’ days,” said one student. “Today in our best schools a lot of times they’re teaching what to think instead of how to think.”
The good ol’ days. Today in our best schools a lot of times they’re teaching what to think instead of how to think.
— Eric (@EricsElectrons) September 25, 2023