ABSTRACT
The product of the university, to alter a famous description by an older liberal critic, is the Establishment Man. The Establishment Man is a highly productive worker, but he is very expensive to produce. Consequently, the firms who purchase him must pay a high price, in taxes and "voluntary" contributions, to the colleges and universities of America. Some way must be found to provoke an outpouring of creative energy in profitable directions, while misdirecting the attention of productive Establishment Men from the glaring evils and injustices of the social and economic system they are about to enter. The academic establishment defends itself against these charges by insisting that it takes no stand on the issues of war or peace, capitalism or socialism. Representatives of the military-government-industrial establishment sit on the governing boards of universities and appoint their chief executive officers.
