Universities are 'indoctrination mills,' so how do we reverse course? Former professor of Portland State has brilliant answer



College used to be a place where students discovered their passions and talents, obtained a degree that would open doors of opportunity for them post-graduation, and found groups of like-minded people to belong to. Unfortunately, that’s rarely the case these days, as many colleges and universities, especially those considered most elite, have become woke indoctrination centers where students are brainwashed into believing harmful ideologies that they then carry into the adult world.

Pay attention to what’s going on at college campuses all across the nation, and you’ll quickly see what we’re talking about.

Ex-Professor Peter Boghossian, who used to teach at Portland State, joins Dave Rubin to discuss this glaring issue.

After leaving the world of academia, Boghossian now dedicates his effort to visiting college campuses and “trying to show people that maybe they don't necessarily know why they believe what they believe” — specifically the things they’ve been conditioned to accept as truth while in college.

“Our institutions are so corrupt right now,” says Boghossian. “College campuses are echo chambers; students not only don't hear the other side of the issue, but they think they're better people because they don't, so it's an indoctrination mill — a social justice factory.”

One result of the toxic environment academia has become is that these students are “looking for reasons to be offended” and can rarely, if ever, engage in a two-way discourse over sensitive issues, Boghossian tells Dave.

“I think that we have strayed so far from thinking about what's worth defending and what's worth valuing that we are reverting to kind of this pre-Medieval tribalism,” he laments.

But because “Western values are worth defending, [and] freedom is worth defending,” what do we do about the poison coursing through our universities?

“If a stream is being polluted,” Boghossian explains, “you have to stop the pollution at the source.”

According to Boghossian, the way we do that is to first “stop donating to [our] alma mater” because when we donate, “[we’re] supporting an indoctrination mill, supporting an institution whose very values are antithetical to Western, liberal democracy.”

The second step is to “show up ... physically walk into school board meetings” and be “a voice on the other side.”

Further, we need to be intimately familiar with candidates’ policies and vote.

These things, among others, will spark positive change in the world of academia, according to Boghossian.

But not everyone is as optimistic about the potential for improvement in universities as he is. Many think the political divide is too great and call for “a national divorce.”

To hear Boghossian’s thoughts on the potential of dissolving the United States as we know it, watch the video below.


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Former professor warns: Sending your kids to college may be the WORST thing you can do



Our college campuses have become breeding grounds for woke cults, former Portland State University professor Peter Boghossian argues, and the rest of society has suffered because of it. But what can we do about it?

Peter, who escaped the cult of academia, joins the "Glenn Beck Podcast" to discuss how the dangerous ideologies that started in our schools have now spread nationwide as people abandon reality for "anti-civics" and global elites work to transform our lives without inviting us to the table.

"You don't want to learn things that are false, it's better to not do it at all," Peter told Glenn. "We have institutions now that are teaching people things that are totally untethered to reality. They're just clearly false. They're demonstrably false."

Peter used the example of "fat studies" to demonstrate the dangers of indoctrinating students with false ideologies.

"My mom died from complications of type-2 diabetes. She struggled with her weight her whole life, and now we have people — ideologues with jobs for life — teaching 'fat studies', telling people about 'fat acceptance,'" he said. "This is a horror show ... and young women are particularly susceptible to it. It's far better that my daughter does not go into one of those environments."

Peter said he has advised his own daughter to choose a vocational school or apprenticeship over college, and warned other parents that "people outside the universities, they don't understand how bad it is."

Watch the video clip below or find the full podcast here.



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Peter Boghossian resigns from Portland State University, says students 'are not being taught to think'



After more than a decade teaching at Portland State University, Peter Boghossian has resigned and publicly shared his resignation letter which heavily criticizes the institution.

Boghossian, who noted that he is resigning as assistant professor of philosophy, said that students at the school are not getting "taught to think" and that faculty and administrators are pushing intolerance of divergent viewpoints.

Here's an excerpt from his letter:

I never once believed — nor do I now — that the purpose of instruction was to lead my students to a particular conclusion. Rather, I sought to create the conditions for rigorous thought; to help them gain the tools to hunt and furrow for their own conclusions. This is why I became a teacher and why I love teaching.

But brick by brick, the university has made this kind of intellectual exploration impossible. It has transformed a bastion of free inquiry into a Social Justice factory whose only inputs were race, gender, and victimhood and whose only outputs were grievance and division.

Students at Portland State are not being taught to think. Rather, they are being trained to mimic the moral certainty of ideologues. Faculty and administrators have abdicated the university's truth-seeking mission and instead drive intolerance of divergent beliefs and opinions. This has created a culture of offense where students are now afraid to speak openly and honestly.

Boghossian wrote that "it became increasingly clear to me that the incidents of illiberalism I had witnessed over the years were not just isolated events, but part of an institution-wide problem." He said that, "The more I spoke out about these issues, the more retaliation I faced."

He explained that he feels morally bound to relinquish his position in order live by his principles.

"While I am grateful for the opportunity to have taught at Portland State for over a decade, it has become clear to me that this institution is no place for people who intend to think freely and explore ideas," he noted. "This is not the outcome I wanted. But I feel morally obligated to make this choice. For ten years, I have taught my students the importance of living by your principles. One of mine is to defend our system of liberal education from those who seek to destroy it. Who would I be if I didn't?"

The institution said in a statement that it did not have a comment about the man's statement of resignation.

"Portland State has always been and will continue to be a welcoming home for free speech and academic freedom," the university's statement declared, according to Fox News. "We believe that those practices are not in conflict with our core institutional values of student success; racial justice and equity; and proactive engagement with our community. As with all personnel matters, we have no comment on Dr. Boghossian's statement of resignation."

Boghossian noted on Twitter that while he does not view himself as a conservative, he has been inundated with invitations to do interviews with conservative media, but he has not received any requests from liberal media.

"I've been deluged with requests to appear on conversative media regarding my resignation from PSU," Boghossian tweeted. "And yet, I don't consider myself a conservative. I've received zero requests for interviews with liberal media. I'd enjoy having a conversation with you @maddow @npr @msnbc," he wrote.

I’ve been deluged with requests to appear on conversative media regarding my resignation from PSU. And yet, I don’t… https://t.co/HlxWzanRkC

— Peter Boghossian (@peterboghossian) 1631135524.0

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