Been this way for a LOOOONG time. Not only for those unable to grasp reality, but also for those who either consciously or unconsciously understand that they don't have what it takes to compete in that real world.
College professors who train teachers give a low priority to skills like keeping order and training politeness.- Research firm Public Agenda
50% of American college faculty identified themselves as Democrats and 11% as Republicans (33% calling Independent, 5% another party) 72% described themselves as “to the left of center, including 18% who were strongly left. Only 15% described themselves as right of center, including only 3% who were strongly right.”. - NAASS survey of students, faculty and administrators at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, 1999 by Angus Reid (now Ipsos-Reid)
College students spend over $5.5 billion a year on alcoholic beverages (mostly beer)—more than they spend on all other drinks [soda, tea, milk, juice and coffee] and books combined. - Sidney Ribeau, President Bowling Green State University http://www.collegevalues.org/diaries.cfm?id=476&a=1. See also www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/rpt1998/CAS1998rpt2.html
“I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.” - Martin Luther