> They operate under a delusion that students are desperately interested in everything

In the US, students are the paying customers. The consequence for not learning everything is lowered skills available for the job market (engineering) or life (philosophy?).

To me it is preferable that students who do not understand are not rated highly by the university (=do not get top marks), but “forcing” the students to learn statistics? That doesn’t make much sense.

Also, there’s nothing wrong with learning something after uni. Every skill I use in my job was developed post-degree. Really.