Looking
back on the past 50 years, it appears that the motive for urging young
people to go to college has shifted from equipping them to be
intellectually and economically successful or equipped for service to
subjecting them to indoctrination.
Two kinds of indoctrination are
at issue here. One is reinforcing a secular humanistic worldview and
converting those who have grown up with a biblical worldview. The other
is ideological/political indoctrination.
Both kinds of
indoctrination have come to rely not only on logical persuasion but on
limiting students' right to think and speak for themselves.
Part-and-parcel of this is denying access to points of view contrary to
the official view, infringing not only on the free speech, religion, and
peaceable assembly rights of students (and faculty), but also those of
others.
This has had a negative impact on graduates of these
institutions. First, the number of graduates in various fields has
outstripped the number of positions available, which had diminished the
economic value of the degrees. Second, the promotion of university
education with the expanded availability of student loans has resulted
in ballooned faculty salaries and expansion of costly-to-maintain
university facilities, raising the costs of education, with the end
result of enormous student loan debt per graduate.
Another result
is the philosophical and ideological imbalance in professions receiving
large numbers of indoctrinated members. Just a few of these professions
are public education, journalism, pediatrics, social work, and clinical
psychology.
Coupled with the example of civil rights suppression
in universities, this has contributed to a decline in civil discourse.
If this continues and grows, it may to lead to civil war.
The
question for us is, "What can and should we do to remedy this distortion
of our educational system?"
One solution proposed by many is shifting
the focus of federal education aid by including post-secondary
vocational programs, such as are found in most community colleges.
Another is working to restore and protect the First Amendment rights of
students and faculty. This should include countering bias in granting of
tenure as well as the hiring of faculty and reviews of grading criteria
used by the instructors and professors. Additionally, university
administrations should discourage the badgering of students who have
worldviews or political leanings which differ from those of the
professor.
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Update: Here is the outcome of a lawsuit related to bias in colleges and universities:
https://www.westernjournal.com/court-delivers-243000-lesson-college-discriminated-pro-lifers/ 
