Here is an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.  This guy is on to something.  The possibility of true education in the contemporary college or university is extremely difficult, for lots of reasons.  Looking to the medieval era is good counsel.  The impetus to start Augustine School (www.augustineschool.com) is due to certain sympathies with this author's perspective.  Here is the article: http://chronicle.com/article/Getting-Medieval-on-Higher/126008/