At the present moment, institutions of higher education in the United States are severely underfunded, undervalued, and in decline. Additionally, misappropriated funds, administrative irresponsibility, and questionable planning initiatives have brought about stagnation and atrophy from within the university. The alienation that the university is currently experiencing is not only crippling to a generation of students and professors, but also indicative of the values and principles of the United States. In accordance with traditional conceptions of the theory, several types of alienation in higher education exist, and are clearly discernable through a further examination of the university system.