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It is not indoctrination to uphold the rational standard of intellectual inquiry between free individuals. That culture of the individual is what our western civilization is about. Inculcating that culture is a primary goal of higher education.

Main Entry: in·cul·cate
Pronunciation: in-'k&l-"kAt, 'in-(")
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -cat·ed; -cat·ing
Etymology: Latin inculcatus, past participle of inculcare, literally, to tread on, from in- + calcare to trample, from calc-, calx heel
Date: 1550
: to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

The partial origin of this word from "to trample" is particurly noteworthy.

You seek to have students believe in the "culture of the individual" (wow, does that phrase sound Marxian), by banging it into their heads time and time again. That's fine. But I find it amusing that you think inculcating students in this fashion is somehow above the dirty little ritual of getting people to believe what you believe by only letting them hear what you have to say.

"You seek to have students believe in the "culture of the individual" (wow, does that phrase sound Marxian), by banging it into their heads time and time again. That's fine. But I find it amusing that you think inculcating students in this fashion is somehow above the dirty little ritual of getting people to believe what you believe by only letting them hear what you have to say."

Have you been following the posts? You are not speaking to my point. Now we degenerate into ad homeum attacks and depart from discourse. Sigh...this is the standard leftist rebuttal.
It is sad...

Syn: To instill; infuse; implant; engraft; impress."

It is obvious what I meant by the term, and it is a standard usage of it. The point still stands. You are merely trying to put word in my mouth. Again, it is a standard line of attack. You just do not realize how you have been indoctrinated. You may not be a Marxism but you have given youself over to their rhetorical practices without you even realizing it. That is just my point about the dominace of the left in academia. You cannot fight them on their own term because their posture denies that the individual is a free agaent in the world and a builder of civilization. If you attack them with their same rhetoric you will lose. It has to be taken into a broader framework, and that framework is society at large.