Martin Center editor Graham Hillard contributed a piece to the Washington Examiner arguing that conservative optimism after President Trump’s 2024 victory badly misread the cultural landscape on college campuses. While many on the right assumed that “wokeness” had burned itself out, Hillard contends that America’s undergraduates never got the memo. He writes that progressive orthodoxies around gender, race, and speech remain deeply entrenched in campus culture, sustained by university institutions and social pressures rather than electoral outcomes. The essay serves as a warning that political wins alone do not undo the ideological formation taking place in higher education.
To read the full piece, click HERE.