<p>“Loyola School of Chicago is very conservative. Also Brigham Young University.”</p>
<p>Do you mean Loyola University of Chicago? No, it isn’t conservative. Doesn’t even belong in the same book as BYU when it comes to conservatism.</p>
<p>Baylor University in Waco, Texas, is ranked 77th in USNWR, for whatever that is worth. It is Baptist, not Catholic, but is quite conservative. Ken Starr is actually the current president of Baylor.</p>
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<p>No, not at all. I’m not sure where you’re getting that from, but you’re mistaken. It is true that a Catholic spirit of service does infuse a lot of their material, esp in health care, but it is not a “very conservative” school at all.</p>
<p>I don’t know any particularly conservative schools from the obvious, but I have to ask, why only conservative schools? College is a place to grow, not stick yourself in people who agree with your beliefs and follow your religion.</p>
<p>A lot of schools, especially less selective ones or those with high commuter student populations, have relatively apolitical scenes, along with a higher proportion of students in preprofessional majors.</p>
<p>Many of the more overtly conservative colleges have a relatively heavy religious influence, and may be inappropriate for those not of the same religion. A few, like Hillsdale, are conservative but non-religious now (although Hillsdale was neither when it was founded before the Civil War, being affiliated then with an anti-slavery denomination and writing non-racial-discrimination in its charter).</p>
<p>The conservative-aligned <a href=“http://www.collegeguide.org%5B/url%5D”>http://www.collegeguide.org</a> has red-yellow-green light ratings reflecting how truly conservative the raters think the college is. (Students looking for the opposite political alignment can just invert the traffic light ratings.)</p>
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<p>You can blame the distance, the translation, and the general lack of knowledge about US schools. After all, it is understandable for an alumni to know more about the conservative bend of University of the Philippines in Diliman, the Warwickian School of Leyte, or some school in Manchester.</p>
<p>From a distance, it appears easy to think that all Catholic/Jesuit schools HAVE to be conservatives, and not realize that conservatives at Loyola in Chicago are called activists, and have been known to battle their administration and faculty for simple matters such as having Karl Rove speak at one of their functions. </p>
<p>Of course, there is world of difference between being excused for not knowing and being excused for trying to pass pure speculation and ignorance as … facts. Never stopped the infamous Red Untoy!</p>
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<p>Its amazing how someone posts this in nearly every thread for conservative colleges, but if someone asks for liberal colleges they never tell the person to “grow” and apply to Notre Dame, Vandy, Wake, W&L, etc. </p>
<p>College is a place to get an education, and there is nothing wrong with choosing a Catholic/Conservative school if you think that will make you happy.</p>
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Hear! Hear!!</p>
<p>The University of Dallas is a recommended Catholic university in The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College: [Recommended</a> Colleges](<a href=“http://thenewmanguide.com/TheNewmanGuide/RecommendedColleges.aspx]Recommended”>The Newman Guide - Cardinal Newman Society)</p>
<p>It also makes the “A” list on the What Will They Learn website: [What</a> Will They Learn? - A guide to what college rankings don’t tell you about core curriculum requirements](<a href=“http://whatwilltheylearn.com/]What”>http://whatwilltheylearn.com/)</p>
<p>As Catholic schools go, the Jesuit group is a lot more liberal than the non-Jesuit group.</p>
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<p>Many of the southeastern and mountain state public schools lean right. I recently spoke with a woman who transferred from UGA (University of Georgia) to Emory University. She was amazed at how much more liberal we are, even though Emory is not an exceedingly liberal institution. If UGA, which has a very significant portion of its students from the liberal Atlanta, can be thought of as conservative, I’m presuming that schools in more rural states will have an even stronger conservative tilt.</p>
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Well, it’s this comment that somebody always makes, too–although I can’t recall anybody ever asking for a liberal college.</p>
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<p>Really? I see at least 2-3 a week.</p>
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<p>That’d be akin to ask if it ever rains in Portland. </p>
<p>With few notable exceptions, all colleges are de facto liberal. The only question is about the degree of “liberalism” as it ranges from overwhelming to entirely oppressive. If not as massively for the student body, it is the case for the faculty and administration. </p>
<p>In so many words, why bother inquiring about liberal colleges or hippies’ schools!</p>
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<p>That would be overstating things. It is likely that many community colleges and state universities catering to local or commuter students tend to be more apolitical than anything else.</p>
<p>Liberty University is apparently conservative</p>
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<p>perhaps, but I think what xiggi was trying to say is that liberal colleges outnumber conservative colleges tremendously. its harder to find the minority, so people looking for the minority would ask more. if you’re looking for liberal colleges, and its easy to find them, you probably won’t bother asking on CC.</p>
<p>Liberal colleges outnumbering conservative colleges may just be a reflection of the relative (social) liberalism of the typical college student age group.</p>
<p>On the other hand, it would not be surprising if relatively apolitical community colleges and local state universities outnumbered those with relatively strong political vibes (either liberal, conservative, both, or other).</p>
<p>Loyola University in Chicago is NOT conservative! Schools with a strong/active conservative presence would be Wake Forest, W&L, U.Va, Princeton, UChicago as well as some religiously affiliated schools like Notre Dame, Wheaton (IL), Pepperdine, BYU, Yeshiva.</p>
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<p>Students do not build the institutions over time, except for perhaps donations and alumni support. Students spend a few years in school, and their choices are usually not influenced by political aversion to the left side of the aisle. In fact, their choices would be hopelessly limited. </p>
<p>The same cannot be said for the faculty and adminstration that typically reflect a VAST departure from the political affinities of this country. Simply stated, if liberals might surpass the conservatives by a tiny fraction, this is not the case for the people who make their permanent living in tertiary education. </p>
<p>It might be different in academic organization that rely much more on adjunct or other indentured servants to deliver the education. Those organization might not have as many choices to ensure that the chosen ones who rise to the top are carefully culled from the left of center to the hard left. </p>
<p>Schools with a strong inner presence of non-liberals are oddities, and far from the norm.</p>