Free Universities flourish in the U.S

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From John At*¥enborough, Newsweek, January 10th. reports that, "In more than a dozen cities... earnest young members of the Hew Left, with considerable assistance fron veterans of the old, have set up ‘free universities! as yet another way to proclaim their alienation from the established community, The American University has been emasculated,! explains the catalogue of the Free University of New York. 'Students have been systematically dehumanised, deemed incompetent to regulate their own lives, socially, politically, and academically.! The movement began 'in late 1964 at the Berkely campus of the University of California during the Free Speech Movement revolt.... the F.S.M. urged sympathetic instructors to join in a 'free university within a university! offering informal classes in such subjects as techniques of civil disobed~ dance.se.ee. ‘While some of the universities are little more than radical discussion groups, several are based on the central New Left idea of ‘counter institution! setting up a protest organisation parallel to an established one, in order to expose and eventually change ite In free universities, most courses are based on subjects or approaches not usually found in regular schools.sees 'The unincorporated university, Uhine U, in the University of Colorado in Boulder is one such counter institution.... Founded by five students, Ininc U, this spring, will offer more than 49 six week seminars, taught primarily by regular faculty members and graduate students. More than 300 students, most of them also C.U, students, enrolled last fall in Uninc U. in such courses as !the changing shape of the American family! and 'the God question in Christian Perspective! ecece ‘Marxism is standard fare, Allen Zac, 27, a student at Los Angeles New left School, argues that it is useful 'to hear Marxism taught by some one who professes to be a Marxist"..... 'Practically all the schools report plans for enlarged curriculums and student bodies this spring, but it's doubtful that total enrolment will exceed 3,000....!