The issue you highlighted - stifling contrary or heterodox views rather than valuing a free exchange of ideas - looks in part like some form of hyper-moralism and a dearth of secular values, at least as far as the students are concerned.
It's also worth noting that (again from that first article) atheists are claimed to be one of the groups subjected to such exclusionary tactics.
"Writing in The Telegraph, the academics, led by Frank Furedi, professor of sociology at the University of Canterbury, and Joanna Williams, education editor, Spiked, say it is part of a “long and growing” list of people and objects banned from British campuses, including pop songs, sombreros and atheists. . . .
"In recent months, students at British universities have banned, cancelled or challenged a host of speakers and objects because some found them offensive. Maryam Namazie, a prominent human rights campaigner who is one of the signatories to the letter, was initially banned from speaking at Warwick University because she is an atheist who, it was feared, could incite hatred on campus. She spoke at Warwick in the end. "
But if you're suggesting that even higher education shouldn't be left entirely to private, profit-driven enterprise, I'd tend to agree.
