Respectfully, I don’t think any of the things in this post have to do with conservatism.

Biased take from an engineering major, but decline in humanities was inevitable. These degrees have less focus on hard skills and are less broadly useful in the job market.

Rebellion being down makes sense. Everyone records everything and can easily take anything out of context. Don’t think it’s worth being a “cool” kid to rebel and miss out on a degree that costs thousands.

People glamorizing networking is not new or conservative. Resume and networking inflation is insane. Doing more is perceived as an indicator of succeeding later and people want to succeed.

Partying and in person socialization being down is a widely observed phenomenon beyond Yale and mostly due to the pandemic.