This is true, just as with pushing the Covid Vax, a professional career could be lost overnight if you back the “wrong” side, meaning the side without the power to dictate accepted belief systems.
This was an example of a Univ Admin firing during 2020 BLM riots.
The other dynamic is that there is overproduction of elites (advanced degrees) a shortage of these Univ faculty or Admin positions, and many ambitious people wanting to move in there, or move up.