Design eduction seems to be split up into three moods of thought:
1) One section wish to train students for fight the last war. This section is on a never ending circle jerk around The Bauhaus and International school - constantly harboring back the "glory days" when design was pure, women kept their mouths shut and blacks didn't exist expect to be beaten and lynched. Though it is important to know the respect the past (maybe) it is not necessary to glorify it at the expense of the "here and now".
2) The second section wishes to play it safe. They're goal is to train students for the tried and true design practices as they relate to consumerism, which is inescapable in a capitalist society. Branding, marketing, advertising, motion design, web design, interactive design, etc. Perfectly valid, expect it seems these tried and true practices are being outsourced in ever greater amounts.
3) The third and final beast, er, section wishes to look into the future and prepare students for what dreams may come. They attempt to put the pieces together, see around the curb and make sure students are ready for the future. Problem is no one has a ownership over the future and their guess is a good as mine. While its fantastic to place emphasis on whats new, this mood of thought runs the risk of preparing students for a world that only make sense in their professors head (plus the classroom) and for careers and jobs that do not exist at all.
Of course that's just my opinion and opinions are like assholes - everyone's got one.
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