Leftist faculty educated students this way. America created these children, but leftist activists raised them, because parents were too busy working through their own self-fulfillment woes.
It's a cultural shift that seems crafted:
Self-fulfillment -> follow your heart -> feelings first -> feelings only.
We have a whole generation of people who excuse bad behavior and failure with "I was having a hard time, I have to have my support peacock on the plane." None of these people heard "No" enough as a child.
There's value in teaching children to ignore name-calling. "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me." This is what we used to teach. People can be mean, don't let it affect you. Show grit, find it in yourself to continue anyway, and you'll succeed.
Now? Achieve power by exploring your victim-hood and collapse in shaking outrage because someone disagreed with you.
We need to start fixing this, and clearing these piles of frivolous administrators from the staff at universities would be a great start.