Although it's self-evident to observers of the contemporary academic scene, far too few parents whose kids are college-bound seem aware of the conflict raging within academia over its soul.
The classical ideal of a liberal arts education has long been under attack.
Specifically, the idea of reason and its concomitants--objectivity, truth, and knowledge--are now systematically dismissed as the function of White Privilege , racism , patriarchy , etc.
by the postmodern.