Nearly 9 in 10 college students have pretended to be more progressive than they really are, according to a new survey.

Northwestern University researchers Forest Romm and Kevin Waldman, between 2023 and 2025, conducted 1,452 confidential interviews with undergraduates at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan.

In a study focused on development, not politics, the researchers wanted to know: “What happens to identity formation when belief is replaced by adherence to orthodoxy?”

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