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A Tufts University professor says the era of peak campus “wokeness”<\/a> may be fading, arguing that a new crop of students is rejecting performative politics and demanding serious debate in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Eitan Hersh wrote in a Boston Globe op-ed<\/a> on Thursday that a new “microgeneration” of undergraduates is pushing back against language policing and ideological grandstanding. He said the shift presents an opportunity to restore free speech<\/a> and viewpoint diversity on the nation\u2019s campuses.<\/p>\n

“In this emerging microgeneration, our brightest students do not want to be the illiberal, woke caricature. It\u2019s cringy and embarrassing,” Hersh wrote.<\/p>\n

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“They want to be smart, mature, and able to hold their own in difficult conversations<\/a>,” he added.<\/p>\n

Public confidence in the nation\u2019s educational institutions remains low. A September 2023 Gallup poll<\/a> found that only 35 percent of Americans consider a college education “very important,” down from 2019.<\/p>\n

Hersh argued that campus culture changes as each four-year class moves through. He pointed to the 2023-2024 Israel-Hamas protests,<\/a> noting many current students were not on campus during those events.<\/p>\n

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Students set up encampments on campuses nationwide, urging universities to divest from Israeli companies. Law enforcement made hundreds of arrests at schools, including ivy-league Columbia University<\/a> and UCLA.<\/p>\n

Hersh recalled that several years ago, a student repeatedly interrupted his lecture for using the term “Latino” instead of “Latinx.” He wrote that classroom discussions at the time often devolved into “political speechification.”<\/p>\n

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He added that among the latest generation of students, that kind of behavior would get “more eye rolls than snaps.” Hersh said universities are trying to address concerns about viewpoint diversity<\/a> by hiring new faculty and revising policies.<\/p>\n

“That means we need to encourage today\u2019s more open-minded students to help set the culture right: To be defenders of the truth and operate with decorum,” Hersh said.<\/p>\n

Hersh said he has been asked to lead new initiatives through the Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education. He also urged students to help their school communities<\/a> head in the right direction, saying they have “tremendous power here.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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