(“The purpose of a university should be to make a son as unlike his father as possible”) Progressivism: The purpose of colleges it to indoctrinate and manipulate

The following words are attributed to Woodrow Wilson in 1909: (14th quote down)

English: Woodrow Wilson. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The purpose of a university should be to make a son as unlike his father as possible. By the time a man has grown old enough to have a son in college he has specialized. The university should generalize the treatment of its undergraduates, should struggle to put them in touch with every force of life.

This is important, for several reasons. He’s making clear the progressive point of view about universities – they’re not really there to educate people with meaningful and substantive information(although, some of what will come out of a college education will inevitably be useful) what they’re really there for is to indoctrinate! To turn students into good little progressives. The progressive view is that colleges are a manufacturing plant. And I’m not being hyperbolic about this, it’s no wonder that after the Days of Rage,