Have colleges and universities become indoctrination centers for specific agendas and what are your thoughts regarding the image?

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Rorroto · Accepted Answer

No. I've been to two of them. I've noticed zero indoctrination. The closest thing to "indoctrination" has been safe spaces in clubs that were determined to be "Safe spaces" by the students that founded the clubs.

I've never had any idea what the hell people are talking about when they talk about indoctrination in colleges.

I will say that I was in a philosophy club and I was annoyed that the faculty advisor in charge seemed to keep steering the conversations away from interesting topics like eugenics and abortion and having competitive religious debates and my view that non-atheists should not be allowed to pass philosophy classes, and my other view that we should blow up the Earth, and more onto nice, boring stuff. That's my only complaint though.

I'd like to know what, specifically people have had a problem with in terms of colleges being supposed "indoctrination centers." At mine, that philosophy teacher was probably transphobic. She'd repeatedly misgender a transgender student and nothing bad happened to her. Obviously there will be indoctrination in literature classes... but that's all literature is. It's nearly always about encouraging some kind of point.

So, I don't get the whole "colleges are indoctrination centers" thing. We had a guy come onto campus and rant about how all homosexuals and Muslims are going to hell and he was allowed to do that.

Lionman95 · Accepted Answer

Universities have always been a sort indoctrination center but back in the day men cared less about that. These days many guys in the so called business career bubble like to remind people that university degrees are useless and would only lead to indoctrination as they profit from it and maybe also because there are more women than men that go to university. A third reason is that at least in my country I don´t know about the US more young people go to university than doing an apprenticeship so there are many with an university degree that have a hard time finding a job. But many of the critics that voice now that university is left leaning, questions everything etc. has been the case 50 years ago as well...

I think the image is framed in certain way to advice people from going to university threating it would encourage them to lose manners and get unnecessary piercing while completely ignoring that one could get those piercings in high-school or at another stage in life as well.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Where have you been? Pre-schools and up have been indoctrination centers for the past 30 years.

Abbycado · Accepted Answer

Not in my opinion. I’m at a huge university.

abc3643 · Answer

Of course not.

That said, Nature and reality do have a liberal bias (*), so, in college where they teach about Nature and reality, it's going to come across as liberal indoctrination to those who don't understand - or refuse to understand or accept - Nature and reality.

(*) After all, most scientists have left-of-center political leanings. It's not because of what they were taught in collegiate liberal indoctrination factories. It's because Nature speaks in bottom lines (you can't negotiate with it) and, once you understand what it says, you understand the reality you are faced with and what must be done to survive. Unfortunately for conservatives, those actions are often contrary to what they want or like.

Have colleges and universities become indoctrination centers for specific agendas and what are your thoughts regarding the image?

Downloadable PDF of the above 2009 Pew Research report:

https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/legacy-pdf/528.pdf

Dargil · Answer

Start your kids off in charter schools and then community college where they train in STEM, medical and other serious professions. Then to an online univerity, where you approve the non-core curriculum. Don't let them even hear that  shit.  It's your money and you decide how to spend it. If you aren't paying, its time for them to move out. Is this hard on them? Absolutely.

exitseven · Answer

I work at a state college and there are all these ridiculous DEI counselors. When President Trump was re elected the college had counselors available to anyone who was feeling anxious or unsafe because we had a Pro American president. I am nor making this up

Jersey2 · Answer

Yes they have and “the chickens are coming home to roost” as they say. Meaning that 25 years of telling women they don’t need a man has lead to a baby bust. Which of course means not as many college students normally but they are lowering standards, throwing out SAT testing, and now the poor quality is showing.

RavVid · Answer

It seems to go from well adjusted and groomed to angry and ill-kempt.

I'm not sure what sound she is making since standard English does not require you to stick your tongue out and down. Maybe it is some $10 Latin word she has learnt.

Just_Ken · Answer

Absolutely. Intead of producing engineers, doctors etc that soceity needs they are producing professional activists with nonsense majors.

lightbulb27 · Answer

yea far left pulled everything left. by throwing out religion, that becomes easy, started in 1960s I hear... from people older than me.

Snakeyes7 · Answer

Sort of. I took a Spanish class where one of the units was on talking about the environment and climate change, but that's it. I think to get the full indoctrination package, I would have to go for gender studies or some crap like that.

DonaldDarko · Answer

This happened long ago. University professors and administrators were a bunch of commies back decades ago. Small wonder students were fed the kind of sick bullshit you see today.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes. Most college degrees are also worthless. Just an extension of the high school education they didn't get.

fishbone77 · Answer

Seriously one of the biggest downgrades in history. Leftism destroys the soul, mind, and body.

CalmUntilAbused · Answer

Colleges and universities? You clearly do not realize how good You have it. Try Poland, where even primary schools serve this very purpose!

ohsheeT · Answer

It seems like if anything has to do with money and guidance in some cases you are 100% right we are being brainwashed it every level

NathanDavis · Answer

the mere fact that there are institutions like " The Christian University of... " obviously, yeah...

Pterodon · Answer

Yes they have. Nothing but far left propaganda schools

Anonymous · Answer

Brainwashing centers/ finishing schools for women.

Tooredpilledtohandle · Answer

It sound like it's deserved. Just like our media and justice systems are geared towards left wing indoctrination agendas.

Anonymous · Answer

They have been since the 1960's Now we're at generational indoctrination

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Certainly not in my country. 🤷‍♂️

kinks1951 · Answer

I do not believe that

bradyhawkesjr73 · Answer

Who says the parents were always loving?

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