University president sounds alarm as nearly half of students justify violence to stop 'hate speech'
A new survey found that close to half of undergraduate students surveyed believe physical violence can be justified to stop "hate speech," as one university president warns that higher education has "lost its way." In the Buckley Institute's 2026 National Undergraduate Student Survey , 45% of students said violence can be justified to stop what they deem to be hate speech.
This includes 54% of liberals, 36% of moderates and 30% of conservatives.
The study also found that 46% of students support shout downs and 40% believe that offensive speech should be subject to criminal prosecution.
Additionally, 42% said they would rather live under a socialist system, compared with 28% who chose a capitalist system, and 22% said the U.S. deserved the Sept.
11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Cornerstone University President Dr.
Gerson Moreno-Riaño characterized the findings as more of a "moral formation issue" than a matter of free speech, warning that students have developed a "violent entitlement." CONFIDENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION SLIPS AFTER BRIEF RECOVERY, GALLUP POLL FINDS " American colleges and universities for a long time now have really ceased to form students morally and are teaching resentment, teaching grievance politics, teaching violent entitlement," he told FOX News Digital.
"So when graduates leave these universities, they leave with that.
They're not leaving with a moral formation of their hearts, their minds, their lives.
They're leaving with resentment." Moreno-Riaño said that entitlement and resentment are among the reasons why many employers are concerned about the value of a degree.
"It's not just what some will say are worthless degrees.
It's also what's behind the degree.
Individuals who have been taught to resent, not to reason, not to deliberate, not to have deep conversations with those with whom they disagree," he said.
"Rather, it's grievance, anger, violence, entitlement, and then violent action against it.
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