<p>thanks everyone</p>
<p>Well said, algorescousin. The problem remains that there are so many predominantly liberal schools and only a handful of those known for being conservative, or tolerant and open to conservative thought. Students who wish to study history or political science especially need to research colleges thoroughly before applying.</p>
<p>If you are looking for conservative, Hillsdale College (MI) is a must visit. It is very popular throughout DC as a bastion for conservative thought and politics. It is one of the only (if not THE only) school which does not receive federal funding from the government which allows it to teach its cirriculum unencumbered by governmental regulations. (Look up "Imprimis")</p>
<p>The fact that it is conservative does not mean you will not be challenged though--many professors teach via the Socratic method, so you must be prepared or you'll get shot down by theories the profs themselves don't believe but know well enough to argue on either side. It's increasingly difficult to get in though, so you better have the grades. Scholarship money is increasingly available and almost always equals or exceeds what federal aid would grant. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>One reason so many schools are liberal could be due to the constant research done at many schools. This research by its nature often means some kind of change to existing beliefs and knowledge which can be a problem for those of conservative thought who dislike change. So if you're looking for a conservative campus, you might concentrate on schools where teaching is favored over research.</p>
<p>great point vossron</p>
<p>Proof that liberals are smarter. There is no denying it now conservatives.</p>
<p>thank you for everyones responces</p>
<p>What's that quote...."if you are not liberal in your youth you don't have a heart and if you are not conservative when you are old you don't have a head".</p>
<p>Probably explains why there aren't that many conservative colleges out there.</p>
<p>I'd just like to throw out that, contra logicaldog, it is not at all true that "Georgetown is very very catholic and very conservative." It's not Brown, but it's not Bob Jones either.</p>
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<p>That's a complete fabrication.
As I've learned from my good friend screwitlah, it's not true unless a peer-reviewed study says it's true. XP</p>
<p>I live in Hillsdale, MI, and personally know that Hillsdale College is an excellent, conservative (ideolocally, financially, and socially) institution.</p>
<p>That last post was supposed to be ideologically, not ideolocally :)!</p>
<p>It's not PROVEN unless you have one. There's a difference between "proven" and "true". If you bother to think about what you've been saying, you might have actually see the light. Alex still doesn't get it. He seems to think that people HAVE to believe his argument just because he can come up with an example or two. He also has this alarming tendency to form a stubborn opinion on the basis of a handful of picked and chosen examples just because they're in line with his beliefs. That is the problem. Something is seriously wrong in the way that he doesn't want to acknowledge the inadequacy of his own argument.</p>
<p>thank you all for your input</p>
<p>Hillesdale (sp?) in michigan is very conservative from what i've heard.</p>
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<p>The majority of people in this country with college degrees are conservative.</p>
<p>I learned that from a very liberal professor at Cornell. It was part of the political philosophy curriculum</p>
<p>Has anyone said University of Colorado as a liberal school? They are trying to provide more of a conservative perspective, but for the most part the school is really liberal.</p>
<p>The majority of people in this country with college degrees are conservative.</p>
<p>That depends entirely on how you define conservative.</p>
<p>And whether you believe having a college degree makes you "smart." </p>
<p>Any point that hinges on designating a heterogeneous demographic group as being "smarter" than another is meaningless and dumb as hell.</p>
<p>^ Sorry. The majority of educated people are conservative.</p>
<p>"Conservative" means politically conservative.</p>
<p>It's laughable to hear Chicago described as politically "conservative" on the "basis" of its economics department. Economics at Chicago has always stressed the empirical and scientific over the political. When the results contradict long-held but untested liberal tenets, they are mistakenly classified as conservative by liberals, as if they merely express a contrary "opinion." That is a mistake. So is classifying Chicago as conservative on this "basis". It is not. It is one of the oldest, politically liberal (or socialist to use an old term) universities in the country. The others being Columbia and Berkeley.</p>