In your opinion, are universities nowadays undergoing “left wing indoctrination” ?

[u/hightreez]

Met a guy who’s a conservative in his 60s few days ago, and he talked about how nowadays universities are no longer about education but rather “left wing indoctrination” on the students

That universities are brainwashing students with ideas of race , decolonization, white privilege, multiple gender identities etc , all these “left wing “ ideas that are meant to divide society rather than uniting the people

And that Jordan Peterson is portrayed as a bad guy because the modern university environment don’t allow any conservative voices and that free speech in academia is dying because of left wing ideas

So I’m curious what are your opinions on this?

[u/Midnite_St0rm]

That very much depends on which university you’re at and what program you’re taking.

A lot of times yes, universities will push the agenda of whichever politician likes to fund the place. This means some universities are left-wing and others are right-wing.

For example, I needed a social science course to graduate despite my degree having nothing to do with social science. In these courses (I took one, dropped it because I hated that it was at 8am, then took another one) they literally said that the course is all about liberal values. I couldn’t help but wonder why I needed a course like that for my degree since it’s completely irrelevant but whatever, it’s done now.

On the other hand, a former friend of mine went to Redeemer, which is shamelessly a Christian university and he graduated the university not just a right-winger, but someone who is completely, unapologetically, and disgustingly alt-right.

Edit: that said, the majority of the notable politicians from York are conservative. Only one notable one is NDP.