[thebradbain]

I actually would argue universities should not be neutral. They're a historical check on the State. Universities should do whatever works to attract intellectual talent, and if their ideology sucks, they'll naturally lose talent and influence to other institutions who have a different pedagogy.

That's the marketplace of ideas – not platforming every single idiot who wants to speak. Is Harvard supposed to, hyperbolically, entertain the notion of a flat earth if enough people believe it? I'd argue absolutely not (that's what the internet is for). Maybe the reason that the makeup of Harvard and similar schools is so liberal is because the right hasn't offered much in the way of intellectual fodder other than "Harvard bad" ?

If you don't agree with Harvard's policies, don't go to Harvard.

[anon7725]

> They're a historical check on the State.

This one is intertwined with it:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_law_schools_attended...

https://www.statista.com/chart/amp/24598/first-degree-colleg...

[thebradbain]

That's what makes them an important check on the state -- if they solely existed in a vacuum than what would speaking truth to power entail?