I agree 100% those elements exist and most professors vote Democratic. But the majority of students now attend community colleges where students are older and have established views or more apolitical. Many are local that reflect the political views of the surrounding community. And, most students are not that involved in political activities and do not experience or care about the political correctness so prevalent in some parts of the university.
I used to include material on college political ideology in my classes and have many wild examples
--can't teach Romeo and Juliet because it is heterosexist (and Shakespeare is a dead white guy)
--a fraternity raising money with a kissing booth was violating anti-discrimination policies if it did not allow both males and females
--a professor accused of racism because he used the term "niggardly" in class
--students being required to acknowledge their white privilege as part of the course requirements
I attended a session at a convention that was a joint session of political science and the women's study group. A woman was presenting a paper that showed women were much less likely to win political office than males. A young lady pointed out that the data presented in the paper actually show it is not males most likely to win but incumbents. She was hissed at (I assume because it did not support that women lost due to gender discrimination).
It is the liberal arts that are most extreme in these areas--science, math, engineering, business much less so. Unfortunately, education now has adopted many of these elements with some schools requiring social justice as the main goal of educating students. A guy who favored giving students a spanking was removed from the program as not being suited for teaching.
I am not trying to downplay the prevalence of many of these activities but questioning the impact on students in that studies show the political attitudes of most students do not change that much in college. Studies since the early 1900s show college seniors tend to me more liberal than freshman; not necessary "liberals" but more liberal in their attitudes.
