Probably not, most college kids don't actually "read Marx." They read "about Marx." Ask them about the Grundrisse etc. and they look at you as if you had bugs on your eyes. Mostly, I think, they do it to upset their parents in Scarsdale.
I agree with you, but I was talking about the faculty of Vassar College, not the students!
Then again, your observation probably applies to many of those top-shelf minds, too! :-)