The school’s website says, “Franciscan University of Steubenville is no ordinary university, and a Franciscan education is no ordinary education. Rather, it’s an education as rigorous and demanding as it is faithful — an education that challenges you intellectually, forms you professionally, and feeds you spiritually.” The Fox Religion Correspondent says that the students who are receiving the scholarships “are finding that they have this different kind of life because they don’t have a smartphone.”
The school has said that it wants its students to have relationships with people, not machines. Green added, “We are made to have relationships with each other and with God. And when you ditch your smartphone that encourages that kind of relationship-not only for the students at Franciscan, but for the world. They’re going to change the world.”
Green also mentions some data that she claims shows how smartphones are affecting the developing brains of those who are on social media and constantly using their phones. And as far as artificial intelligence is concerned, the Fox reporter states, “We’re made to have relationships with each other. You can’t have that with artificial intelligence. That’s just not happening.”
