It does not reward them for sharing their findings with their customers or the public in non-technical ways. Welcome to the world of higher education. While one-room schoolhouses are now a rarity, we still struggle to offer equitable instruction to children across our public education system. In short, the relationship between the public and the people who have devoted their lives to higher education has come to resemble a dysfunctional relationship. Members of the general public often find those of us in higher education to be aloof, elitist, and unwilling to explain our research or to share knowledge with people outside their field.

Source: Forbes September 17, 2022 14:39 UTC