<p>Political views:
1997 (Northwestern):
far left: 1.5%
liberal: 37.8
middle-of-the-road: 41.8%
conservative: 18%
far right: 0.8%</p>
<p>2007 (Northwestern)
far left: 5.1%
liberal: 48.3
middle-of-the-road: 33.3%
conservative: 12.4%
far right: 0.9%</p>
<p>2006 (top privates)
far left: 4.0%
liberal: 41.9
middle-of-the-road: 35.6%
conservative: 17.5%
far right: 1.0%</p>
<p>Other schools should have their results somewhere.</p>
<p>^ Good info to know. Usually top schools have very liberal professors. I have been working at Columbia University these past three summers , and most professors that I have spoken to are VERY liberal.</p>
<p>political views by schools at northwestern (freshmen):</p>
<p>far right
engineering 0.4%
education and social policy 0.0%
communications 1.1%
music 0.0%
journalism 0.7%
arts and sciences 1.1%</p>
<p>conservative
engineering 19.2%
education and social policy 8.0%
communications 7.4%
music 11.6%
journalism 9.9%
arts and sciences 13.1%</p>
<p>middle-of-the-road
engineering 38.4%
education and social policy 36.0%
communications 27.7%
music 33.7%
journalism 26.1%
arts and sciences 33.2%</p>
<p>liberal
engineering 39.1%
education and social policy 52.0%
communications 56.9%
music 50.0%
journalism 54.9%
arts and sciences 47.5%</p>
<p>far left
engineering 3.0%
education and social policy 4.0%
communications 6.9%
music 4.7%
journalism 8.5%
arts and sciences 5.1%</p>
<p>seems like the engineering crowd tend to be a bit less liberal than the rest.</p>
<p>"Big research schools like Michigan, UCLA, Virginia, North Carolina would all be conservative..."</p>
<p>UCLA is very liberal and Michigan is quite liberal. Even UNC is more liberal than conservative. I am not sure where you got your information, but most large state universities on the East Coast, West Coast and in the Midwest are liberal. </p>
<p>"...but none would be considered a top 15 school anyway..."</p>
<p>According to whom? Cal and Michigan are considerted a top 15 school by the academic, intellectual and professional communities. The others you listed are not far behind.</p>
<p>"I want to ask how can University of Chicago be liberal? Aren't there economics department full of Milton Friedman's disciples? There is even a name for conservative economics called "the Chicago School"?"</p>
<p>-First of all, the "Chicago School of Economics" never had the support of every economics faculty member, even during Friedman's tenure. Second, not everybody is an economics major. Third, students aren't obligated to base their positions on school history.</p>
<p>"Haverford has co-ed dorms by room. There is no "middle of the road" at that school."</p>
<p>-How do you figure? I can't imagine 18-22 year old conservatives opposing co-ed dorms. Mainstream conservatism isn't that traditional.</p>
<p>"Why are so many conservatives (religious fundamentalists included) dying to get into Yale, if they aren't open to challenging their conservative beliefs? I don't understand. They should stick to their own kind: Notre Dame, Bob Jones University, Brigham Young and such. Ew."</p>
<p>-Aren't liberals supposed to be tolerant and open-minded?</p>
<p>Chicago is not so much "liberal" as it is "libertarian".</p>
<p>Penn is not liberal, it's solidly in the center. The presence of the Wharton school keeps the moonbat leftists at bay. It's pretty awesome</p>
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Basically, the best and most prestigious colleges are liberal. There's a reason why Notre Dame, BJU and Brigham Young aren't at the top. They don't attract the smartest crowd. Why are so many conservatives (religious fundamentalists included) dying to get into Yale, if they aren't open to challenging their conservative beliefs? I don't understand. They should stick to their own kind: Notre Dame, Bob Jones University, Brigham Young and such. Ew.
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<p>What an idiot.</p>
<p>Haverford has co-ed dorms by room. There is no "middle of the road" at that school.</p>
<p>? Ummm... more than 80% of the rooms at HC are <em>singles</em>. For the 20% that aren't (the apartments), the majority are for 1st year students (which means single sex), and only 25% or so of the apartments (5% total housing) <em>may</em> be co-ed if students who live there want. </p>
<p>The main reason why this policy was implemented and is used (even if it is only used by a small # of students a year) is because to assume that individuals of the same sex can live together with no sexual tension assumes that they are heterosexual. The housing policy is more a statement on not making an assumption about people rather than anything else.</p>
<p>FYI:
<a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/01/24_freshmen.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/01/24_freshmen.shtml</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.adminplan.northwestern.edu/ir/sspg/cirp/V40_T39-CIRPSURVEY.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.adminplan.northwestern.edu/ir/sspg/cirp/V40_T39-CIRPSURVEY.pdf</a> (last page) shows how Northwestern student body has steadily gone leftward within the last 10 years.</p>
<p>Since most of the posts here are about liberal schools, might as well balance the posts with the list of great conservative schools.</p>
<p>Here are some sites for consideration :</p>
<p>LIST OF MOST POLITICALLY CONSERVATIVE AND LIBERAL COLLEGES :</p>
<p>SEE ALSO HERE :</p>
<p>This is Princeton Review's List of Top Conservative Colleges :</p>
<p>And here's an article showing a growing trend among students to choose conservative colleges :</p>
<p>let me add to the watcher's links.</p>
<p>Here is HUMAN EVENTS MAGAZINE's list of the CREAM OF THE CROP in Conservative Colleges :</p>
<p>^how come i've never heard of some of those "cream of the crop" ones? because they are conservative? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>U Chicago is the one elite univeristy that has been sympathetic to politics of the right of center. It's not really "conservative" ala Rush Limbaugh but a mix of the hyper libertarians in the Econ department (Friedman, Hayek, Becker), the Straussians in Philosophy/Classics/Poli-Sci/where ever Straussians go (Strauss himself, Allan Bloom, maybe Bellow, Leon Kass) and the legal strict constructionists (Scalia, Bork, Ashcroft, Epstein) make it a friendlier environment to right of center ideas. More famous right of center intellectuals are associated with the Univeristy of Chicago than any other elite school anywhere.</p>
<p>@Sam Lee</p>
<p>Conservative advertising naturally</p>
<p>Or maybe those schools that don't advertise themselves as "liberal" want people to believe that they are "open" to all viewpoints when a close glance at the "openness" show that they are just as open to other viewpoints as the "conservative" ones.</p>
<p>To tisthetruth:
“Basically, the best and most prestigious colleges are liberal. There’s a reason why Notre Dame, BJU and Brigham Young aren’t at the top. They don’t attract the smartest crowd. Why are so many conservatives (religious fundamentalists included) dying to get into Yale, if they aren’t open to challenging their conservative beliefs? I don’t understand. They should stick to their own kind: Notre Dame, Bob Jones University, Brigham Young and such. Ew.”</p>
<p>Ever thought about challenging your liberal beliefs?</p>
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You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Those are three very different schools that you listed. BJU is a totally different thing and should not be in this conversation, because it is for a very specific sort of person.</p>
<p>Notre Dame is one of the best schools in the country and BYU is very competitive as well. I go to a more “conservative” school–Wake Forest University, but in reality it is very moderate. I truly feel like there is no political bias in my classes and honestly I know more liberals than conservatives here.</p>
<p>You, 'tisthetruth, are more ignorant than anyone, because you think that anything not aligned with your liberal beliefs is wrong and backwards. I respect a conservative who believes and understands what he thinks, than a liberal who doesn’t. </p>
<p>This is all coming from a registered Democrat too.</p>
<p>'tisthetruth posted that three years ago. I doubt he is still listening for replies.</p>
<p>Wait hold on 'tis. Why did you put Notre Dame in the same post as Bob Jones, BYU. You have no idea what you are talking about. Did you forget Notre Dame invited Obama to speak earlier this year. I distinctly rememeber reading multiple places that most ND students supported Obama. Never mind the fact that UND blows BYU and Bob Jones out of the water academically. You really come across as a bigot.</p>