I believe the core of the problem is as you described. But then there's a lot of political gain being made on top of it. Universities are at risk of seeing their education throughput diminished.

I wonder what the best way to tackle it is? At some point surely these folks will have to accept the real world around them that everyone else lives in.

funny you mentioned that - http://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article7113446...

And because of that, a serious lack of personal accountability and introspection and having the feeling that they are not the issue here

I don't think students are necessary worse than previous generation. Throw a stone at the French or Italian parliament and you are almost certain to hit a politician who supported Stalin or Mao in his youth. In comparison this "safe place" melodrama is rather cute.

Not necessarily worse, but bad in a different way. Current children seems to be cocooned off from dealing with tough issues to a level far more extreme than before.

I have a 7 year old son, and the level of shielding from the outside world is a constant factor of conflict with my ex. When I see the level of freedom he has vs. what I had as a child, it's really quite depressing, and frankly most of his class mates have it worse, as most of them don't have anyone that's trying to moderate it.

It scares me to think of people growing up with that kind of filtered, blinkered view of the world, because sooner or later that filter is taken away, and they will be unprepared.