• VeryVito
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    19 days ago

    Information and knowledge are entirely different things. Universities and colleges aren’t just information clearinghouses; they’re (ideally) designed to teach, encourage critical thinking and foster mastery of the knowledge and skills one gains there.

    • Gust@piefed.social
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      19 days ago

      Ideally. In practice I’ve found they’re more concerned with teaching people how to game h-index and prostrating themselves before fascists in exchange for grant funding