Top SLACs/Ivins non political

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes— definitely better to find a school that revolves around football and drinking so you don’t have to think about “politics”

This. Tennessee is a perfect example. Yuck.

I’m sure Tennessee and other large state schools have their share of social justice groups/protests, etc. The difference is, they aren’t allowed to hijack the education of others by demanding teachers stop classes until their demands are met. The administration at these schools does not let students dictate what is and is not acceptable. Sounds like the kind of school I’d want to send my child to.

then it sounds like you have almost 4,000 schools to choose from and this is a complete non-issue.

[Anonymous]

The bigger the school the more diffuse the politically-minded kids will be. At a big school, the activists are a small group relative to the size of the student body, and you will likely have activists on all parts of the political spectrum. But, you can avoid them entirely because there will be far more kids who are not into politics. Big sports schools, big Greeks schools also will make it easy to avoid the wonky activists.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are literally 4,000 colleges and 2 that had student strikes.

And strikes are the only things that determines whether a college is "too political..."
Guys, critical thinking skills please...

Well, actually it is my critical thinking skills that lead me to ask the question what is "too political" and many posters have indicated that a school is too political when classes are stopped at the request of students to address their concerns about social justice. That seems like a plausible position but what are your criteria?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bigger the school the more diffuse the politically-minded kids will be. At a big school, the activists are a small group relative to the size of the student body, and you will likely have activists on all parts of the political spectrum. But, you can avoid them entirely because there will be far more kids who are not into politics. Big sports schools, big Greeks schools also will make it easy to avoid the wonky activists.

The bigger the more apathetic, you mean. The bigger the more the dopey football team matters and very few even care about politics, which should matter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The bigger the school the more diffuse the politically-minded kids will be. At a big school, the activists are a small group relative to the size of the student body, and you will likely have activists on all parts of the political spectrum. But, you can avoid them entirely because there will be far more kids who are not into politics. Big sports schools, big Greeks schools also will make it easy to avoid the wonky activists.

The bigger the more apathetic, you mean. The bigger the more the dopey football team matters and very few even care about politics, which should matter.

Talk about dopey ^^^. Many of us want our kids to attend schools that offer a variety of views/outlooks/activities - not one rigid political lens through which all things must measure up. No thanks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The bigger the school the more diffuse the politically-minded kids will be. At a big school, the activists are a small group relative to the size of the student body, and you will likely have activists on all parts of the political spectrum. But, you can avoid them entirely because there will be far more kids who are not into politics. Big sports schools, big Greeks schools also will make it easy to avoid the wonky activists.

The bigger the more apathetic, you mean. The bigger the more the dopey football team matters and very few even care about politics, which should matter.

Interesting seems my previous response was removed so here it is again. Please tell us why a young person attending college should care about politics, intelligent responses only you dolt.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bigger the school the more diffuse the politically-minded kids will be. At a big school, the activists are a small group relative to the size of the student body, and you will likely have activists on all parts of the political spectrum. But, you can avoid them entirely because there will be far more kids who are not into politics. Big sports schools, big Greeks schools also will make it easy to avoid the wonky activists.

The bigger the more apathetic, you mean. The bigger the more the dopey football team matters and very few even care about politics, which should matter.

Interesting seems my previous response was removed so here it is again. Please tell us why a young person attending college should care about politics, intelligent responses only you dolt.

Because, even in an authoritarian society, the primary purpose of a selective university is to prepare top students to help run society, whether as public officials or simply as voters and civic-minded citizens.

When students from the DC area, of all places, treat selective colleges and universities as places to learn the PowerPoint skills to prepare investment banking deal slidedecks, or to learn enough about coding to turn slidedecks into phone apps, and not to become educated citizens, then they're smothering those schools' ability to educate citizens, and, ultimately, eroding those schools' ability to provide high-level career prep.

Certainly, a good college or university should teach the students how to participate in discussions with people with a wide range of political views.

But, if a school is really encouraging the students to be apathetic about politics, then it's preparing the students to be cogs in the society machine, not to help run the machine.

Another reason for college and university students to be care about politics is that politics shapes their lives.

Federal and state governments affect how much college costs, how much financial is available, how much of the aid comes in the form of loans, whether the professors will die of Covid, whether terrorist loons will attack, what kinds of lab tech positions are available, where a college can build new buildings, and whether students or recent graduates will be drafted.

Finally, students can have a practical effect on policy, by voting, writing letters, going to protests, attending meetings with public officials, working as legislative aides, and working as interns or employees for advocacy organizations. Most of the time, that kind of activity will have no clear effect on policy. Sometimes, student activism activity will have a big effect. You never know. You do what you can do and hope fate is kind.

[Anonymous]

To 17:47: no one is arguing that students be unaware of politics, or politically apathetic. We are simply asking for recommendations of schools in which a certain political leaning is not shoved into faces at all moments of the day - and woe to anyone who disagrees or refuses to kowtow and go along with asinine antics, such as striking and canceling classes.

That’s it. And it really isn’t too much to ask.

[Anonymous]

For really good universities, the most moderate are probably Duke, Dartmouth, Rice, Vanderbilt, Carnegie Mellon, and Johns Hopkins. Probably focus on more pre-professional, heavily science, or Southern schools. I don’t know about LACs, that may be more difficult. Have family friends that just graduated from Amherst and Williams, which I don’t consider super liberal LACs, and they found them pretty political.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For really good universities, the most moderate are probably Duke, Dartmouth, Rice, Vanderbilt, Carnegie Mellon, and Johns Hopkins. Probably focus on more pre-professional, heavily science, or Southern schools. I don’t know about LACs, that may be more difficult. Have family friends that just graduated from Amherst and Williams, which I don’t consider super liberal LACs, and they found them pretty political.

Forgot to mention, big state schools might work too. Depending on what you major in, there can be little political talk. Have heard this for Michigan and Wisconsin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To 17:47: no one is arguing that students be unaware of politics, or politically apathetic. We are simply asking for recommendations of schools in which a certain political leaning is not shoved into faces at all moments of the day - and woe to anyone who disagrees or refuses to kowtow and go along with asinine antics, such as striking and canceling classes.

That’s it. And it really isn’t too much to ask.

Honestly this is not the difficult problem you seem to think it is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To 17:47: no one is arguing that students be unaware of politics, or politically apathetic. We are simply asking for recommendations of schools in which a certain political leaning is not shoved into faces at all moments of the day - and woe to anyone who disagrees or refuses to kowtow and go along with asinine antics, such as striking and canceling classes.

That’s it. And it really isn’t too much to ask.

Honestly this is not the difficult problem you seem to think it is.

Remember that you’re talking to people who think “Happy Holidays” signals the end of civilization. You’ll never convince them that this isn’t an issue. Not as long as tucker Carlson is around with his unique brand of entertainment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are literally 4,000 colleges and 2 that had student strikes.

And strikes are the only things that determines whether a college is "too political..."
Guys, critical thinking skills please...

Well, actually it is my critical thinking skills that lead me to ask the question what is "too political" and many posters have indicated that a school is too political when classes are stopped at the request of students to address their concerns about social justice. That seems like a plausible position but what are your criteria?

A desire to cancel people that disagree with the prevailing opinion.
This is much more common than strikes and more dangerous to free inquiry, the stated mission of many colleges.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To 17:47: no one is arguing that students be unaware of politics, or politically apathetic. We are simply asking for recommendations of schools in which a certain political leaning is not shoved into faces at all moments of the day - and woe to anyone who disagrees or refuses to kowtow and go along with asinine antics, such as striking and canceling classes.

That’s it. And it really isn’t too much to ask.

Honestly this is not the difficult problem you seem to think it is.

Honestly, it actually IS a difficult, nay, insurmountable problem at "top SLACs," which is the question OP asked. Look up ^^^^ there. SLACs. and Ivies. The fact that everyone can find a home at 60,000 enrollment U. of Texas Austin is irrelevant if OP's kid only wants a tiny SLAC.

To OP, Penn business and pre-med programs would be possibilities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To 17:47: no one is arguing that students be unaware of politics, or politically apathetic. We are simply asking for recommendations of schools in which a certain political leaning is not shoved into faces at all moments of the day - and woe to anyone who disagrees or refuses to kowtow and go along with asinine antics, such as striking and canceling classes.

That’s it. And it really isn’t too much to ask.

Actually someone did say exactly that, questioning why anyone should care about politics.