Are teachers and professors warming up to the usage Wikipedia?

So I believe the point of a research paper is to learn how to well, research! With that being said I don’t feel it’s wrong that students shouldn’t be allowed to use Wikipedia. There’s no real way to stop them anyhow, since they can use the sources of a Wiki page and go from there.

I think in todays age, with the technology at hand, there won’t really be a need for strong investigative skills. I’m saying this loosely and not definitively. I believe there will always be a certain population that are just designed for research i.e. journalists, pop gossip reporters, techy’s etc.

What is your take? Have teachers and professors warmed up to students using Wikipedia as a source?