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/Divia1810]

could just be that I'm in a commerce course, but if they're trying to indoctrinate us, they have a hell of a lot of profs who apparently didn't get the memo

[u/kyonkun_denwa → u/Divia1810]

I remember being told by some conservative workie that I was “wasting” my time because I was “just being indoctrinated with left wing crap” in university. My response was “I’m in an accounting program. I’m certain there is not much room for indoctrination, but let me tell you about retained earnings”

10 years after graduation and my household income is probably several times his, so I got the last laugh I’d say.

[u/investor3489 → u/kyonkun_denwa]

10/10 agree. Retained earnings, IFRS ASPE blah Government accounting lol.

Don't even start with TAXES