Thank you Margaret, for this look at this creeping sickness in education, which started many years ago in the secondary school system, & now rears its ugly head in post secondary education. At the risk of over simplification, I believe this began when we did away with local school boards, including parents in teacher/school decisions & allowing pressure on principals & teachers to pass students on to the next grade, for someone else to struggle with.  Part of growing up, is just that, growing up; something that cant be done when the parent never lets go of the child's hand. I taught at the post secondary level for over 20 years, had an opportunity to transfer to the school system, which I declined; I would probably have been fired, not being able to work the best out of & into my students, with interference from without. Good luck to professor/teachers in dealing with this; everyone fighting for the enrollment dollars.