Opposing opinions are never welcome within any social group or system such as the academy, and discussion is always kept between narrow bounds. >but in my expe

Opposing opinions are never welcome within any social group or system such as the academy, and discussion is always kept between narrow bounds. >but in my experience at least higher education encourages more independent thinking, reasoned inquiry, and study than is done in high school or by the uneducated. Case in point: bigot with a degree.