Conservative colleges

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And the vast majority of OOS flagship universities are beyond the means of the vast majority of Americans. We can do this dance forever.

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Thanks for getting it back on track.
@onthetable it was a bit of a tongue-in-cheek question; the answers kept getting further away from the original post.
@hardy8635 I can speak to Clemson’s day-to-day experience. We have Professors and Administration friends on campus who are on both sides of the political spectrum. D20 has friends on campus of every race, creed, color, sexual orientation and political affiliation. I think I would characterize many of the students we meet as more of a “you do you” liberitarian type. As in most colleges, students will be exposed to a variety of perspectives and have their beliefs and ideologies challenged; there are Professors and students on both sides of the political spectrum. That said, this is a friendly area; people tend to politely smile and discuss, rather than engage in yelling outbursts. There are peaceful protests on campus and an active student political body. D20 took some of the more politically charged honors seminars for gen-eds. There are definitely disagreements, but again, it was thoughtful engaged discussion, not yelling matches. Many of the students are from MA, NJ and PA, so obviously there are a spectrum of political perspectives. Seminar classes are by nature meant to provoke thought and discussion. As others have said, large state universities will have a variety of views represented; I guess it’s a matter of how vocal/active of an environment they prefer.

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My child is looking for a conservative school, not me.

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As long as you stay away from Liberty (and similar), and especially if you stick with larger schools like state flagships, I think you’ll be fine. I hear back from many, many students and rarely get any stories about being “force-fed, looking for one viewpoint” problems. When I do hear them they are more in the English classes and are talking about the viewpoint of the author of a poem or book, not politics.

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Bill Marsh answer to you is exactly what you fear on college campus. the shut down of any dissenting opinions. So dangerous for society as a whole.

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Note that Texas A&M has had its own “deplatforming” controversy:

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OK, great. In the end, supporting their choice is important.

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We live in the northeast in NJ, my liberal 18 year old is headed to Clemson in the fall. She has no issue listening to the opinions of others, I think it will be good for her to meet others from a different area of the country. At least it’s not an election year!

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Exactly! Ironic, huh?

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College isn’t cable television. Nor should it be. There’s a place for demagoguery and charlatanism and it’s in the privacy of your own home.

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Nvm
Not worth it

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ok
exactly my point
just label dissenting opinions and shut them down.

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As you seem interested in large state schools, also consider Georgia and Alabama, and South Carolina.

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A matter of values.

So if being tolerant is very important, a student would want to choose a campus that is open to diverse ways of thinking, yes.

This question could also follow, then: Does the student also seek an environment of tolerating the intolerant?

This is where people often diverge, either consciously or subconsciously choosing different paths.

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Well, yeah. Like an illegal kegger or someone chalking on the sidewalk (an actual issue at Wesleyan many years ago) someone has to be the ultimate arbiter of what standards should apply to the marketplace of ideas. If you don’t know the difference between Ann Coulter and Amy Coney Barrett then maybe we’re not talking about conservative colleges. Maybe, we’re talking about libertarian colleges, which is a different kettle of fish, IMO.

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As “highly educated and informed” people you should know that sexuality is not “a preference.” Please consult medical journals on this as this thinking has led to discrimination and violence against the LGBTQIA community. If you choose to continue to believe this, you should know that stating it in public is offensive.

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University of Michigan is hard left. Students attacking Turning point USA booth among other incidents. I visited and applied to both UofM and Hillsdale college. DM me if you care for more insight.

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Academic institutions have an ethical duty to distinguish between a dissenting view and an intolerant view.

Sometimes this may be a bit of a judgment call and sometimes the humane choice is much more apparent.

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This is why it is important to state, as clearly as possible, what the idea of conservative means to a person.

Values (a/or conditioned ways of thinking) are inextricably tied to our views on institutional goverance and community culture.

So it follows that if it isn’t too clear what those values are, it may become a more challenging or impassioned discussion to get to the heart of the desired college.

It’s all good.

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Do they? Some are funded by the public tax dollars, and all with tuition dollars. I may not agree with all speakers invited but I’d rather err on the side of more viewpoints rather than less when both my tax dollars and tuition dollars are funding higher education. Intolerance vs dissent is a matter of opinion.

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