The Outlaw Campus; The university has become a rogue institution in need of root-and-branch reform.

Victor Davis Hanson   ... "Not now. Colleges have gone rogue and become virtual outlaw institutions. Graduates owe an aggregate of $1 trillion in student debt, borrowed at interest rates far above home-mortgage rates — all on the principle that universities could charge as much as they liked, given that students could borrow as much as they needed in federally guaranteed loans."...
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"Here are ten areas that need radical reform..."
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3. Curriculum.  ...  "The result was advocacy, not disinterested empiricism. Nationwide, thousands of traditional classes in history, philosophy, literature, and the social sciences gave way to ethnic studies, women’s studies, leisure studies, gender studies, peace studies, environmental studies, etc. ... It was also nearly impossible to do well in these courses for a student who disagreed with the political assumptions of the advocate faculty. “Studies” contributed in no small part to the unfortunate emergence of the arrogant and ignorant graduate, who left the campus zealous for social change but sadly without the skills to even articulate his goals."
Emphasis added, TD

Case in point: Far Left Demagogue Harry Belafonte to Speak at U. Michigan on Martin Luther King Day
The Ann Arbor Journal gave us this example of "advocacy" ... "Other symposium events on Jan. 20 include discussions on “The Power of Protest: Black Student Activism at the University of Michigan” and “From Martin Luther King to Tupac Shakur: Implications of Hip Hop for Graduate Education, Pedagogy, and Engaged Scholarship” and a screening of the movie “42,” among other activities."  Hat tip to College Insurrection

Are Our Children Actually Learning Anything in School Today?  "Finally, Ryan Rotela, a Florida Atlantic University student, is accusing an instructor and local Democratic party leader of suspending him for refusing to stomp on a piece of paper with the word “Jesus” written on it.  This “exercise” was part of an intercultural communications class (whatever that means) and was supposed to encourage discourse.  Could you imagine if a student was told to stomp on the name “Mohammed” or even “Obama”?  Fortunately, Ryan has received an apology but the instructor has been put on administrative leave for “safety reasons” whatever that means. "