There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.

Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist

The fact that they were there as students presumed they did not know what was good or bad. That was his job as instructor...to tell them what was good or bad. The whole idea of individual creativity and expression in the classroom was really basically opposed to the whole idea of the University.

A student can win twelve letters at a university without learning how to write one

Our newest product is called the Chameleon. We marketed the product first to high schools, and now the University of Maine girls' basketball team is using them.

So far as the mere imparting of information is concerned, no university has had any justification for existence since the popularization of printing in the 15th century.