@KM “ One of the main reasons he was spoken against was because he advocated secular studies. Which we all teach”.
Please read posts #2216450 and #2215761. In the post above yours I clarified there are several reasons for teaching secular studies, and that the pushback is for the second reason. Secular studies in-it-of-itself is not the discussion.
What is a discussion is putting it on a pedestal (such as there is chochmas yevonis you can’t get from the Torah or being highly educated individuals we dream the world will look up to). Talking as though it is equal to or greater than the Torah, (and here specifically- making talmudic studies similar to the other subjects taught throughout the day. Including in the method it is taught and its learning style. In addition, for the first time making college a part of the yeshiva itself- not just something done from the outside.) And groups doing this with a passion that results in a questioning of the motives of some.
We can have debate about this, but we first have to be honest and acknowledge what the debate is even about.