Yes, and sometimes explicitly from the top. The parent of a friend had a widely varied career working in economics for multinationals and the US State Dept. H

Yes, and sometimes explicitly from the top. The parent of a friend had a widely varied career working in economics for multinationals and the US State Dept. He decided at one point to take accept a position teaching economics at a nearby state school (this was in the '90s). He found part way through the term of a intro-mid level course that a significant number of the students were unable to do the basic math required for the problems, let alone work through the actual problems. Of course he was giving them failing grades. He was soon reprimanded by the administration and told to raise the grades to passing despite the inability to do even the basic work. He resigned at the end of that term. Several takeaways from that story, none of them good.