Some Unorthodox Thoughts about Colleges

I shall first offer some reflections on the social purposes of the college, then cast a critical look at the liberal and populist responses to the challenge of the mass college, and end with some ideas on higher education in a socialist framework. I shall maintain that certain slogans of the left, and even of the radical left—palliatives like “free tuition,” “open admission,” “student input,” “relevance in programming”—do not answer problems...