Which Colleges/Uni's are the Most Conservative/Liberal ?

College Search & Selection
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<p>One thing to consider when regarding these surveys and result reports:</p>

<p>A liberal-minded person will consider a college to be conservative if there happens to be a large pro-life contingent on campus, no matter what other political views are held by the students or faculty at the school. For instance, at Franciscan U. of Steubenville, which appears on many lists as very conservative, the only thing they are really conservative about is the pro-life issue. Socially, many at this college are imbued in the policies of Catholic Social Thought and Social Justice, both of which would normally be considered quite liberal.</p>

<p>On tolerance, I think the item which put the nail in the liberal coffin for me was when Gov. Bob Casey, a democratic governor of PA who was also pro-life, was denied the platform at the DNC convention because he wanted to speak on pro-life issues. No tolerance there. They can't even let a man speak for 5 minutes on this issue - so fearful are they that one of their pro-abortion sheep might change his/her mind.</p>

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<p>I never met anyone who is pro-abortion or anti-life, though I know many people who are pro-choice.</p>

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<p>Since liberal colleges outnumber conservative colleges in this country,
here's another list from Newsmax that conservatives might want to consider :</p>

<p>Top</a> 10 Colleges for American Values</p>

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<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>The notion that their is an innate correlation between intelligence and political ideology is dubious at best. The poster who stated as much (for careers in academia and media (when the media is considered intellectual and the arbitors of actual truth, I'll eat Chris Mathews's pen)) fails to take into consideration the biases in the hiring process. I know that my parents were both once in academia, but because of their ideology are now radioactive. My mother has a PhD in Political Science from the Univeristy of Chicago with a specialization in the politics of Japan, and she was passed over for a full time facutly position at the University of Wisconsin for a man with a PhD in Asian studies from Rutgers. She had, at the time, published 8 full length academic books on Politics in Japan and she was passed over because of her politics. And my father, PhD in Sociology from Chicago, did not have his contract renewed (as a full time professor) with Syracuse because of his politics. Even though he had taught Sociology courses at Johns Hopkins and Smith College, Syracuse thought he wasn't qualified for the position. Political bias is a dangerous creature.</p>

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<p>dntw8up -- how could you have "never met" anyone who's pro-abortion? you've never heard people say "she shouldn't have had the kid" when looking at young teenage mothers? did you not read the news about jamie lynn spears? a LOT of people are "pro-abortion," especially when it comes to young mothers.</p>

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<p>I find it kind of creepy to attend a college where everyone (or even most people) agrees with you on everything... whether it's liberal or conservative. I guess it's subjective, but I could only be happy at a politically mixed or moderate campus. What is even worse is when professors expect you to recite their views rather than think for yourself and god forbid, to question what you read.</p>

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<p>Christian (non-Catholic) schools tend to be more conservative. Just to name a few: Liberty University, Brigham Young University, Baylor. There are, of course, conservative secular schools such as Texas A&M. Catholic schools are usually more liberal than their Protestant counterparts, i.e. Boston College and Georgetown. </p>

<p>As for some liberal schools, it's very difficult to point out a specific examples, but the Ivies and Stanford tend to be more liberal. Again, all of these examples are the general political character and are not meant to be taken completely- Ann Coulter, for example, went to Cornell, so not everyone that goes to an Ivy League school is liberal.</p>

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I find it kind of creepy to attend a college where everyone (or even most people) agrees with you on everything... whether it's liberal or conservative.

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<p>It'd be worse if barely anybody shared your political views though. Could you imagine an Al Franken going to Brigham Young? Don't get me wrong- I totally agree with you, but I'd keep that into perspective. Most people want to find people similar to themselves for relationships, friendships, etc.</p>

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<p>Well, at least Princeton University's faculty can't hide the fact as to who they favor ( tells you a lot about "diversity" of political sympathies right there) :</p>

<p>See here : <a href="http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/news/2582/princetons-one-party-state%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/news/2582/princetons-one-party-state&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>THIS ONE FROM THE DAILY PRINCETONIAN :</p>

<p>All Princeton faculty members who have given to 2008 presidential candidates so far have donated to Democrats, according to federal records of donations to presidential campaigns from Princeton University employees.</p>

<p>Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is the runaway favorite candidate among those donors, having received $12,050 from Princeton employees. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) drew the second-highest total contributions from Princeton faculty and staff with $5,600. Other donations have gone to candidates including former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.) and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.).</p>

<p>In total, donors who listed the University as their employer have given $23,700 to presidential campaigns in the current election cycle. Of that, $21,900 — 92.4 percent — has gone toward Democratic candidates.</p>

<p>Federal Election Commission records list any donation over $200 to a political organization or candidate and are public by law.</p>

<p>Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) is the only Republican candidate to receive donations from Princeton employees so far, receiving a total of $1,800 from a graduate student and a Public Safety officer.</p>

<p>Princeton employees’ overwhelmingly high support for Democratic candidates — 90 percent of donors who listed the University as their employer gave to a Democrat, and no professors donated to the GOP — outpaces its peers. The Harvard Crimson reported that 86 percent of Harvard professors’ contributions went to Democrats, while according to Georgetown’s student newspaper, The Hoya, 75 percent of the donations made by the school’s employees went to Democratic candidates.</p>

<p>The statistics of political giving at Princeton mirror larger trends at campuses across the country. Inside Higher Education reported that Obama is the “clear favorite of academics,” having received over $2.1 million from them.</p>

<p>CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE REST...</p>

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<p>Here is the aforementioned ISI civic's quiz for anyone brave enough to take it: Civic</a> Literacy Report - Civics Quiz</p>

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<p>how would you rank these schools based on being the most liberal:</p>

<p>amherst
bowdoin
williams
tufts
swarthmore
middlebury</p>

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<p>Although so much of academia leans left, this is mostly on social issues - you will be hard pressed to find many social conservatives (i.e. the religious right) at ANY university. This is not true for fiscal conservatives/libertarians - there are plenty of academic types who primarily want minimal government involvement in their personal lives who are fiscally centrist or right-of-center.
Most of "intellectual" conservatism follows this model, avoiding association with the religious/social conservatives like the plague (the types that Huckablee, the antithesis of intellectual conservatives, called "libertarian faux-cons") but are fiscally right-of-center.</p>

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Here is the aforementioned ISI civic's quiz for anyone brave enough to take it: Civic Literacy Report - Civics Quiz

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Interesting quiz - seems <em>slightly</em> biased in favor of an unregulated market and no trade barriers. I missed 2 - the one on the philosophers and the one about Puritans.</p>

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<p>Really Conservative </p>

<p>Washington and Lee University Generals
Any of the service academies
University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish
College of the Holy Cross Crusaders
Furman University Paladins
Claremont McKenna College Stags</p>

<p>Really Liberal</p>

<p>Grinell College Pioneers
University of Chicago Maroons
Macalaster College Fighting Scots
Carleton College Knights
Swarthmore College Phoenix
Lewis and Clark College Pioneers
New College of Florida (no mascot)
Wesleyan University Cardinals</p>

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<p>Hampden-Sydney is the most conservative school in America.Their new president is an amazing and brilliant choice by the trustees.</p>

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<p>I hate to break it to you, but education in general is a liberally dominated field. If you were to limit your choices to strictly conservative colleges, you would not be attending great schools. The most liberal schools are ranked and far more well-rounded than almost any other conservative counter-part. The only well-known conservative school that comes to mind when I think of a well-known conservative school is BYU. and there are far greater schools than BYU.</p>

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<p>I think you could find most conservative universities south and more liberal west.</p>

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<p>basically the sucky colleges are conservative and the good ones are liberal</p>

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<p>You usually find the more well known universities to be liberal, a few conservative such as Norte Dame and Pipperdime.</p>

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<p>Thanks for identifying the most liberal and conservative colleges. Even though I have had my suspicions about a few of them, I now know where I can apply to get the best education for my son and daughter. Liberalism is the root of ALL evil in this country and I will in NO way give my hard earned dollars to any institution that tries to inflict their sick and twisted views on my children. We have to fight AGAINST these radicals. Thanks for the info people!</p>