88 percent of students pretend to have progressive views: Northwestern scholars

College Students Fake Leftist Views To Please Professors, New Research Shows

A new study reveals that roughly nine in ten students fake leftist views to please their professors or their peers. Between 2023 and 2025, Northwestern University psychology researchers Forest Romm and Kevin Waldman interviewed roughly 1,500 undergraduates at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan, two of the most prestigious universities in the country. They asked themselves this overarching question: “What happens to identity f…

88 percent of students pretend to have progressive views: Northwestern scholars

This is ‘tear it down and start over’- level bad, Temple professor responds There’s a “quiet psychological crisis, driven by the demands of ideological conformity” on college campuses today, two Northwestern University scholars wrote this week at The Hill. Psychology researchers Forest Romm and Kevin Waldman said they recently conducted research on University of Michigan and Northwestern… Source

College conformists: 88% of students say they fake progressive views to get along

Most college students pretend to agree with left-wing views to fit in on campus, concludes a new survey.