Our nation needs informed citizens

President Mary Dana Hinton in Chronicle of Higher Ed (emphasis added):

"In addition, this learning disruption [from COVID] has powerful meaning for our frail democracy, for which an educated populace is essential. As Benjamin Rush stated in 1786, “Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, [wo]men are incapable of knowing their rights, and where learning is confined to a few people, liberty can be neither equal nor universal.” Our nation needs informed citizens, and higher education has a vital role to play."