try to think rationally
The political problems are no doubt much less noticable in the sciences and other "non-fuzzy" subjects. But national political and cultural leaders tend to emerge from political science and liberal arts majors, not physics departments.
That being said, the statistics mentioned in the article are real, and if you don't think they affect what is taught to students, then you might be overly optimistic.
I went to college, and in later years, worked at one. I'm not entirely ignorant of what it's like.