The mere absence of bomb-throwing rioters on campus during a drive thru is not enough to show a school is tolerant of diverse beliefs.
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I work for the school, have for many years, in several capacities. In two ways, Iâm (or have been) involved with the most studious sorts and certainly am aware of protests (and rudeness) that reached national news.
I love a good protest, that willingness to stand up. But the number causing public grief or making life for conservatives so supposedly uncomfortable is a small minority. In the case of public rudeness, Iâd say a few hotheads.
DH taught for another local college. The kidsâ work was more important than labels. Social connections, of course. But itâs also not the freaking battleground some make it out to be.
I have also seen threads on CC where students are looking for very liberal-leaning schools with much political activism and I rarely see criticism of those threads here. Maybe the kid has already experienced 4 years at a liberal HS and is ready to move on from that echo chamber.
A student has the right to choose a liberal, conservative or middle-of-the-road school if they want. They are the ones that have to live there and a kid, conservative or liberal, certainly doesnât want to feel ostracized for being in the very tiny minority for their overall pov (e.g., Oberlin for a conservative and Liberty for a liberal).
An idea for the OP is to look at Niche and click on the segment to learn more about the students at a particular school. Purdue, for example, has a nice balance of kids: 3% very liberal, 17% liberal, 30% moderate, 18% conservative, 2% very conservative and 31% not sure. I would think most kids going to school here would be able to find their tribe, so to speak, while still having their ideas challenged and even broadened. Not to pick on Oberlin again but, in contrast, their student mix is 86% very liberal, 12% liberal and 2% not sure; obviously not much political diversity here.
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I donât think there is a college administrator in the US who thinks their campus is anything other than a tolerant and inclusive campus. The students often disagree.
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Hello.
Thank you to everyone who has posted a well-meaning, informative comment (unfortunately, it seems that that cannot be said for all comments).
To clarify, I am interested in attending a college that fits the description in the original post.
Missouri State is another option. Pepperdine. University of Kansas has a mix but plenty of conservative students. Schools with engineering will be more politically low key, generally. Colorado School of Mines. Louisiana State. University of Arkansas. Texas Christian for a conservative preppy type.
Are you planning on just finding like-minded friends or are you planning on being politically active on campus? I think that most students at most universities are just going about their day and focused on their classes and maybe having some fun.
Your description was simply âdoes not have a liberal bias.â You havenât specified if youâre even looking for a school associated with a particular religion or not. There have been plenty of suggestions so far. What do you think of them?
As others have suggested, Chapman and Pepperdine. I live in CA and thereâs a Christian one called Westmont that I know a lot of people attend, if thatâs in the vein of what youâre looking for.
@makemesmart These recent events on some campuses are very unfortunate. They are reflections of the divisions and polarization we have in our society at large. Technologies, especially social media, have made fringe views fashionable and incitement effortless. I donât think we can counteract them by retreating to our own cocoons.
@collegehuh Parents can do whatever they want, of course, with their money. But what do we send our kids to colleges for?
@spruce123 There have always been stereotypes, biases and prejudices in our society. Campuses are no exceptions. Besides, we all have our own biases, consciously or unconsciously. Weâre never going to eliminate our biases and bridge our differences by not interacting with each other.
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Hello.
It appears that I didnât express my criteria extensively enough; I will explain them further;
I am looking for a college whose professors do not teach material that has a liberal flavor.
(It is more difficult to learn from (and like) a teacher or professor if one has to doubt the truth of what one is being taught by them.)
In response to PetraMCâs question, currently I am not very interested in being politically active, and want to focus more on finding friends.
@spruce123 :
What are your stats?
Will you need merit or financial aid and whatâs your parentsâ budget?
What does âconservative"mean to youâ? - what would your ideal conservative college be like?
For instance, on a spectrum from John Brown to Claremont McKenna to Hillsdale to Pepperdine to Berry?
What religion are you (conservative Christian is different from conservative Muslim, for instance) and does it matter to you?
Are Catholic colleges out of bounds?
Do our currently attend a public or private school or are you homeschooled?
Well, thatâs gonna be hard to find unless you go to a school like Liberty. I might also add, if you âwant to focus more on finding friends,â sometimes âChristiansâ arenât always the most Christ-like, as my D21 has found out over the years. While she is more conservative and a Christian, most of her good HS friends are more liberal and are either Muslim or lean towards atheism or agnosticism and these girls are respectful of each other and have a lot of fun together. She only has a few good Christian friends bc many of the other girls are very cliquey and not the nicest.
Itâs hard to understand what you mean by this. Does evolution have a âliberal flavorâ? Do you doubt that it is âtruthâ? Actual examples of what you consider liberal flavor would be helpful but if you mean that you want a school where they teach only what you believe to be true, you are probably looking for a school where you wonât actually learn anything. If thatâs the case, then whatâs the point of going to college?
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Yeah, as MYOS1634 said, in order to help you weâll need to know more specifically what youâre looking for, and there are lots of different types of âconservative,â especially with respect to religion. You turned down the Mormon schools, so are you looking for something specifically Christian?
Itâs hard to make suggestions when youâre very vague about what you consider âtruthâ vs something that might have âa liberal flavor.â
Well, itâs good to question much, as we learn. But does that include you questioning conservatives views, too?
This is all vague. You want history as written by conservatives or anthropology that adheres to certain preconceived views about other cultures?
OP, if this is serious, you need to lay it all out for us, not one line at a time.
Especially if the OP happens to be Roman Catholic, s/he may want to check out Thomas Aquinas College.
https://thomasaquinas.edu/news/young-americas-foundation-college-top-conservative-college
If the OP is a conservative evangelical Christian (not Mormon, not Roman Catholic), then the task should be fairly easy. Just apply to a few Christian Colleges. Most are at least fairly conservative. Some are super, explicitly, unabashedly conservative. They are not too hard to find. Google is your friend.
Some (not all) of them are rather small, though, or may not offer certain programs (like engineering) or very generous financial aid. If you canât find one that suits all your needs, youâd probably do fine at many of the large directional state universities that arenât located in blue/purple states.
If you just want a credential and some practical pre-professional training, a community college might work.
Hello everyone,
I am still trying to figure out exactly what I want in a college, and am somewhat wary of posting personal information online.
I am new to this website, and do not know all of your personalities going into this conversation; this makes it harder for me to reply.
-spruce123
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Fair enough, but it would be far easier to help you find matches if you at least posted some stats of yours (things like GPA) and your budget. Maybe even location preferences. Perhaps that wouldnât be giving too much away. I still am not sure if you are looking for a (probably private) college associated with a certain religion, or just a right-leaning college.
Stats and budget are necessary for any poster and wouldnât reveal anything about you.
Indicating whether youâre Evangelical or fundamentalist Protestant Christian, conservative Muslim, conservative Catholic would help and again wonât identify who you are.
Samford University is a great school and is a somewhat conservative Christian school in Birmingham, Alabama. I was there in the 90âs so I know a lot has changed but still might be worth checking out, probably not a good choice if you need something very low cost. The campus was beautiful and the people were for the most part very friendly, professors were challenging, accessible, but operated within expectations for a Christian university. They have very good programs in some areas but not all majors are available, engineering for example, so depends on what you are interested in.
Welch College just outside Nashville, Tennessee is very conservative if that is what you are looking for, but it is very small and is more limited as far as majors are concerned. I know many people that have gone there, but it wouldnât be the school for everyone.
Maybe Catholic U of America? I was accepted there, but it was very expensive.
I describe myself as âin the middleâ poltitically. I hold more traditional views, & Iâm a Christian. Iâd advocate for diversity, etc, but donât protest. Is this similar to yourself?