This is known as the victim mentality, and it is not so strictly limited to higher education as is stereotyped.<p>The victim mentality is a social engineering tactic commonly used in mainstream media which has cascading effects on all levels of society and has been used for manipulative purposes by the ruling class, both religious and political, for ages.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Victim_mentality#History_and_politics" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Victim_mentality#History_and_p...</a><p>&gt;Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.<p>-Epictetus