When Donald Trump won the presidency for the first time in 2016, many professors canceled classes, students held a “cry-in” at Cornell University, and Virginia Tech offered counseling for students who were “waking up with fear, anxiety, concern, questions, and confusion.”

Since then, liberals have experienced firsthand that the world didn’t end when Trump became president. It’s been eight years. The students have changed, but the professors and campus atmosphere haven’t. Professors need to learn how to handle political loss better so they can teach their students how to deal with defeat in a mature way. Instead, many on campus are infantilizing students after the 2024 presidential election.