Harvard’s Right Has a Problem, and It Isn’t Wokeness

Harvard’sconservativesarestruggling. PerTheCrimson’sannualfacultysurvey,justninepercentoffacultyrespondentsidentifiedassomewhatorveryconservative,andjustover10percentoftheclassof2025identifiedasconservativeorveryconservativeinTheCrimson’sspringsurvey. Thenationalpictureissimilar.DespitetheincreasingpopularityofnationalgroupslikeTurningPointUSA,nationwidesurveysgenerallyfindthatover10percentoffacultyareconservative,andaround20percentofcollegestudentsidentifyasconservative.Thosenumbersraiseanuncomfortablequestionaboutwhyconservativeorganizationsoncampuskeepfailing. ManyprominentnationalconservativefigureshavecometoseehighereducationasanideologicalenemytobevanquishedthroughGramscianconflict.ActivistChrisRufohasbuiltacareerthroughattackingDEIinitiativesatuniversities,whileVicePresidentJ.D.Vanceoncedeclareduniversities“veryhostileinstitutions”entirelycorruptedbyleft-wingideology.Theypinthedecrepitstateoftheconservative