EDITORIAL SPOTLIGHT | LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Critics have long contended that the progressive authoritarianism dominating college campuses is antithetical to open discourse and intellectual growth. A study confirms those suspicions.

Researchers at Northwestern recently announced the results of a two-year study in which they conducted interviews with more than 1,400 students on their own campus and at the University of Michigan. The issue: What happens to identity formation when belief is replaced by adherence to orthodoxy?

The researchers asked participants: Have you ever pretended to hold more progressive views than you truly endorse to succeed socially or academically? Nearly 90% said they had.

Other troubling findings: "Seventy-eight percent of students told us they self-censor o

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