Many authors question the overall goal of university to due to its vague and misleading mission statements intended for future students. Mr. Stanley Fish wrote an enlightening and thought-provoking article regarding the task of higher education. Fish outlines two approaches to higher education, and what he believes education is supposed to do for students. He explains, College and university teachers can do (legitimately) do two things: (1) introduce students to bodies of knowledge and traditions of inquiry that had not previously been part of their experience; and (2) equip those same students with the analytical skills – of argument, statistical modeling, laboratory procedure – that will enable them to move confidently within those traditions and to engage in independent research after a course is over.1 Fish rejects the notion that university aids in the creation of civic-mindedness in students; because he believes moral character cannot be created or taught through an institution of education. Essentially, Fish argues that the overall task of higher education is to simply educate students; not for professors to act as activists for their own personal beliefs. The following essay will be speaking on three main components: the purpose of higher education, the antithesis of higher education and lastly, an overall critique of the limits of Fish’s approach to higher education. Firstly, Fish explains that higher education regards “the evaluation, not the celebration, of interests, beliefs and identities”2. He believes higher education relates to learning about awareness of diversity within society and then evaluating one’s own personal opinion and stance on the matter, rather than being taught to respect the beliefs and interests because “ interests can be base and beliefs can be wrong”3. It is clear that Fish believes in forming one’s own opinions about societal matters, rather then conforming to one secular mindset. Furthermore, Fish explains that although he is supportive of moral, civic and creative capacities; those qualities cannot be developed from being taught in an institution. He