Stop Treating Students Like Babies

Donald J. Trump will return to office having won the popular vote. Many institutions of higher education are in mourning. There is good reason to be alarmed by what a second Trump presidency might hold — not just for colleges, but for the nation and the world. Now is not the time, though, to cower in fear and retreat to designated “safe spaces.” Instead, institutions of higher learning need to turn their attention to empowering our students to contend with the reality of living in a diverse, pluralistic democracy.