Seems to be about the same as modern academia anywhere else in the USA.
> University of Tennessee tells staff and students to stop using 'he' and 'she' - and switch to 'xe', 'zir' and 'xyr' instead
- Gay rights official at Knoxville campus wrote new language instructions
- Tells students and staff to use unusual, gender-neutral pronouns like 'xe'
- Donna Braquet said that the new regime would make campus 'inclusive'
- University clarified that guidelines are not compulsory after critics called them 'absurd'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3214567/University-Tennessee-tells-staff-students-stop-using-switch-xe-zir-xyr-instead.html