My youngest was considered an outspoken conservative in college. Not because she was outspoken, but because she was grounded in her faith and has a conservative viewpoint. She's quite adorable, and that kept her out of trouble most of the time. But she had a couple professors who hated her, and dropped her a grade or three to prove it. She got one of the grades changed by going to the dean and pointing out that something wasn't right. Being a straight A student in every other course (some much more difficult), made it a very compelling argument.

So I'd say it hasn't gotten better.