It is possible due to the universities being compromised beyond repair by the Leftists. Add to that the university administration being spineless. It started with the administration bowing under pressure to so called victimology groups and there lawyers, as well as snot nosed kids. Add to that professors the likes of Billy the Bomber Ayers, some backed by foundation money like the case of Ayers. Then the Left works their way into the administration. Add to that activist judges partly responsible for turning regulations like Title IX into a farce. Overall, the fish rots from the head.
Well, being a fan of Hayek, you might appreciate the opinion that leftists in academia are simply parasites on a massive bubble keeping the education-industrial complex afloat
The bubble is fed by a huge amount of money - particularly government money, but above all, student debt in our perverted ZIRP environment.
it was something of a rhetorical question. I see how it happened. it’s just incredibly annoying that these leftist bastards really don’t get exposed unless and until they say or do something so insane that it simply can’t be ignored.