A lot of these comments remind me of what my mom (Penn State class of 1950) had to say about the former G.I.s who enrolled there immediately after the end of WWII. The campus culture had previously been dominated by the 17 to 22 age set. Most of the faculty and administrators were as startled as the typical undergrads by the arrival of so many grown-ups who just didn’t have the patience for nonsense (and rightly so). A long-standing tradition of requiring freshman to wear “beanie” hats was among the first to go.
The revolution is slow, but it is happening. Good luck to each and every one of you!