<p>i've heard that princeton is one of the more conservative univ. among the ivies. how might this be true and conservative in what sense? someone told me the course of study is more restrictive ie. less breadth exposure, more stringent major requirements etc. is this true?</p>
<p>reprinted from a previous thread:</p>
<p>conservative - just before the 2004 presidential elections, princeton students polled by the student newspaper expressed a preference for kerry over bush by a 62%-24% margin. just before this, a separate daily princetonian poll showed that more than 90% of donations from university employees in that electoral cycle had gone to liberal causes. the truth is, the student bodies, faculties, and administrations at ALL elite universities these days are overwhelmingly liberal. princeton's student body is somewhat less imbalanced than others toward the liberal end, but most regard this as a good thing, ensuring healthy intellectual/political debate.</p>
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<p>regarding curricular matters, princeton is somewhere in the middle among the ivies, midway between columbia's core curriculum and brown's open curriculum. the registrar requires students to satisfy "distribution requirements," which you can read about here:</p>
<p>most colleges are going to be liberal. as you accumulate more money, it's only natural to be more conservative (low taxes and the like... as in, you think your money is best spent by you rather than the gov't)... although, there are the few exceptions to that rule.</p>
<p>Makes perfect sense to me. Even though I'm slightly liberal-leaning, I wouldn't want to pay high taxes if I accumulated a lot of money after years of hard work and careful investment. Its natural for quite a few people to become wary of federal or state spending, especially if things stay much the same over the years (cough cough...public schools...cough). Most of it ends up completely wasted, but I'm an optimist, so I see it as needing to 'improve spending strategies'. </p>
<p>But hey, thats just what I believe. The best thing about Princeton is that students are much better at 'listening' and 'answering the question' than other places, and I don't hear of outright ostracization of students/groups just because of political differences. The dialogue at Princeton is very strong, and thats what makes it special in my view.</p>
<p>tokyo, I agree completely.</p>
<p>Another reason why princeton is superior...more conservative. I don't mean conservative in today's sense. My hybrid conservatism is politically liberal, but with conservative (with a lower case L) values and beliefs</p>
<p>Personally, I would say Princeton is a much more politically apathetic university than others. A great majority of the student population are quite indifferent. However, for those politically cognizant, There is a liberal leaning with a strong conservative minority.</p>
<p>if you want to get involved in politics go to georgetown or something... i mean, seriously. princeton is also good, but if you are die hard have to be in the capitol mall area, then go there.</p>
<p>at princeton, you can have your cake and eat it, too.</p>
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