Most conservative college graduates at some point parroted their professors’ liberal beliefs to get a better grade. Recent studies confirm this. The Harvard Crimson is now reporting that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did the same when writing a 47-page policy brief while a master’s student at Harvard University.
A study conducted by Forest Romm and Kevin Weldmann this August found that 80% of college students have submitted classwork that misrepresented their views in order to align with the professors.
The study also found that 78% of students self-censor on their beliefs surrounding gender identity; 72% on politics, and 68% on family values in fear of retaliation from professors.
Another important factor missing in The Harvard Crimson’s allegation is information regarding the professor who oversaw the writing of the policy briefing. The professor could have very well been a left-leaning academic whom Hegseth was looking to appease.
As shown in a 2022 Harvard University study, over 80% of professors at the institution self-identified as “very liberal” or “liberal.”
Additionally, The Harvard Crimson did not mention the motive for the policy brief or details of the assignment. There may have been a specific prompt regarding DEI forced upon students or a certain list of topics to choose from presented by the professor. Left-leaning professors tend to do so in order to coerce conservative-thinking students to advocate in favor of policies they oppose.
That could have very well been the case here.
As we have seen in recent years on Fox and Friends and now the Department of War, Hegseth is the last person to support diversity, equity, and inclusion. Instead, he has long backed plans to root it out.
His graduate paper could have very well been a misrepresentation of his true opinions, for the sake of being in good standing in the course.
His 2013 paper advocated for the creation of a public high school in Minnesota that would “emphasize equity” and prioritize a “diverse student body.”
The policy brief obtained by The Harvard Crimson called for the creation of a public, selective STEM high school in Minnesota. Moreover, Hegseth’s brief recommended Harvard to admit students by “geographic quotas” and take steps to “ensure a balance of race, class, gender, and geography is maintained.”
“Framed correctly, a STEM high school would complement — not compete with — existing efforts to promote women and minorities in STEM,” Hegseth allegedly wrote. “This STEM school would increase equal educational access for Minnesotans of all backgrounds.”
However, given the actions Hegseth has taken as Secretary of War, coupled with his standing in the workforce at the time, it is very unlikely Hegseth believed what he wrote.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPENT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS INJECTING DEI INTO SCHOOL DISTRICTS
In the year the policy brief was written, Hegseth worked as a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Experiment, a conservative think tank that vigorously advocates for anti-DEI policies.
We have long heard that actions speak louder than words, and in the case of America’s most prolific anti-DEI official, it is evident that Hegseth’s college policy briefing completely contradicted his values.
