Comment by throwing_away

> The goal is to grow, not set back.

If you're a university, the goal is to fill up your university with satisfied customers and increase revenue.

If you're a student, the goal is to form social networks that you can later use to help in business.

If you're a politician, the goal is to increase college attendance rates.

If you're a hard-line right winger, the goal is actually to set undesirable groups back, but that's a pretty fringe position.

If you just want to learn and grow, you should avoid the university system entirely.