It appears from the content in his article that he is really telling students, "plan your escape from [the brainwashing of] academia before you enter it."
Plan to weather the storm without buying into the lies. Cynicism is only a face-saving way to buy into the lie. It won't save you. You need to actively push the limits of your resistance every step of the process in order to discover yourself and preserve yourself. This will also expose the true nature of the beast that wants to eat you.Few people, either entering students or people who have come out of the system by graduating, understand the insidious indoctrination that occurs in higher education. This is carefully hidden from all because of the current ruling class's need to disguise its rule by their constant use of democratic rhetoric to describe our system of government. Indoctrinated education is only another illustration of the principle of hierarchically designed societies: the top or ruling class will always influence subsystems to serve their interests.
You won't make friends with the bosses and you won't be rewarded with high grades and praise but you will learn more and be more authentic. You will prepare yourself for a real life in the real world, not a class-secluded life in a superficial world. You will be more able to love yourself and to love others. It's not called "the good fight" for nothing.
For more details on this process of indoctrination, I highly recommend that you read a book entitled Disciplined Minds by Jeff Schmidt.