While I haven't been to college, I do know that those in academia do not like to be challenged
There are individuals who do not like to be challenged. Someone like that teaching higher education is terrible at their job, and in the minority. That kind of attitude runs counter to the whole purpose of higher education, not just in principle but in practice. If it's prevalent at some institution, then that institution is bad.
I'm excited whenever a student challenges me. It shows they are engaged and actually trying to digest what I'm telling them. If they turn out to be mistaken, they are giving me a window to their thinking and enabling me to correct whatever they got wrong. If they turn out to be right, then they are doing something far more valuable, helping me plug the holes in my teaching and helping all of the other students.
The only times I've encountered any negativity from my own teachers for questioning something has been when those questions revealed that I hadn't done the prep work I was supposed to have done, and asking the questions was essentially wasting everyone's time. Some have standing offers to buy students coffee/candy/whatever if the student manages to find errors in the course materials. The last professor I corrected ended up giving me a job.