Paulette,
I still go to university as a mature student and I see this type of hypocrisy every day. I think it is even worse in Canadian universities than American universities. One of the reasons for this type of fascistic policy is that Saudi Arabia gives MILLIONS of dollars to some colleges to fund departments of middle east studies. These departments are headed up by the most anti-Semitic, pro-muslim leftists, and they indoctrinate the students with this type of thinking.
It is a clear conflict of interest. I don't know what can be done about it, though. Without a college degree, people often won't be able to get the kind of jobs that they want. So I sit through these idiotic lectures and like many of my friends who agree with me, don't say anything. I am about to graduate from university without having ever believed a single word I've ever heard there.
But I doubt that many of my colleagues are immune to the leftism. At some point, they have to be influenced by it.