Crisis in the university - is anarchy the rule?

Universities are almost the most ancient institutions in the world, and their problems are many and various. They have survived the attacks of kings, emperors, churchmen and ordinary citizens. Although they may have to reform and adapt themselves, they will have to listen to the ideas of the rising generation. Some universities may face serious trouble, but should survive and emerge from their troubles stronger than ever and better fitted to face the future. They will remain the most flexible and the most conservative, and the oldest and most modern, institutions in the world. But we must, remember that some of their students, somewhere, sometimes, may have been goaded beyond endurance. Some students may have talked a lot of nonsense¿but some of them may be right.