Student Anti-Intellectualism and the Dumbing Down of the University
by Paul Trout
“‘Why are colleges trying to force this stuff down our throats and trying to make us think when our minds and opinions are already formed?’”
A T-shirt sold at Duke University proudly announces, “You can lead me to college, but you can’t make me think.”
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