The resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay after “facing national backlash for her administration’s response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and allegations of plagiarism in her scholarly work” does not solve the problem at America’s oldest college and other elite schools. She and many other university presidents are only a symptom of what’s wrong with our system of education, from bottom to top. A proper education was thought to require attention to body, mind and spirit. These and many other once great universities have departed from their founding principles and what once defined a well-rounded education. Gay’s resignation will make no difference without a fundamental restructuring of what is taught.

Source: Forbes January 05, 2024 06:47 UTC