They are getting credit. A crew of them were specifically bused in by Sarah Lawrence College. I am being totally serious.
I figured at least some were. I dated a sociology professor once and anti war protests were a common means of getting college credit without having to learn the actual basket weaving.
I remember her crying and saying the tea parties was scaring her because things had gotton violent in SF in the past. (she left out the part that it was leftist violence)