Liberty, Regents College or George Mason? Which is most conservative?

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Anonymous wrote:My DD wishes to attend a conservative school. It has been reported that these are the most conservative...is that true? What about Emory and Henry College?

What kind of conservative?
Fiscal conservative? Social? Or both?

There are MANY socially conservative schools associated with various religious denominations.

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If your son wants to study economics, then GMU. If politics, look at the Claremont Colleges, including Harvey Mudd and Pomona. Hillsdale if Catholic conservative. Yale is not conservative at all. Baylor Univ. in Texas and Pepperdine in Malibu (gorgeous campus) are more religiously conservative. Southern campuses may be more socially conservative, depending. A politically active conservative just picked Yale over UVA. I don't know anything about Emory or Henry (Patrick?). Avoid any campus where the faculty and students have taken over. If he is in xlnt physical shape and can endure being a rat, I would recommend VMI over all the others, especially if you are in-state.

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Anonymous wrote:GMU should've even be in the category with the others. Go to that wackadoodle small college in VA training up the future fundies, if that's what you are after. (Patrick Henry? Is that right?)

Robert Bork hailed George Mason and Shenandoah College as the two most conservative schools in Virgina.

No, he didn't. Citation please. By the way, he was a professor in the law school, not the University proper.

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Anonymous wrote:If your son wants to study economics, then GMU. If politics, look at the Claremont Colleges, including Harvey Mudd and Pomona. Hillsdale if Catholic conservative. Yale is not conservative at all. Baylor Univ. in Texas and Pepperdine in Malibu (gorgeous campus) are more religiously conservative. Southern campuses may be more socially conservative, depending. A politically active conservative just picked Yale over UVA. I don't know anything about Emory or Henry (Patrick?). Avoid any campus where the faculty and students have taken over. If he is in xlnt physical shape and can endure being a rat, I would recommend VMI over all the others, especially if you are in-state.

Sorry, I'm this ^^PP. I thought you had said son. Still look at the Claremont campuses (not Scripps or PItzer). I had mentioned VMI. If she can cut it, I would send her here. http://vimeo.com/37524164. I looked into West Point for myself years ago but concluded I didn't have the upper body strength needed. VMI does not require any military service after graduation, unlike the other service academies, and if you live in-state, it's a great deal and an incredible education. You can't go wrong with any of the service academies and they are all conservative.

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When you call VMI and service academies conservative, what does that mean. Are people economicmically "conservative? A lot of professed Christians? One of the problems with discussions about conservativism (or liberalism) is that those terms can mean many different things. There seems to be a correlation in this country between religiousness, favoring low taxes and low public benefits, and (often hawkish defense policy), and vice versa for "liberals," but really hard to understand why these things should correlate. Bottom line as some of the posters point out, one really needs to define ones terms. In general smarter, more sophisticated people in this country tend towards traditionally liberal positions, but not always, of course.

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Anonymous wrote:If your son wants to study economics, then GMU. If politics, look at the Claremont Colleges, including Harvey Mudd and Pomona. Hillsdale if Catholic conservative. Yale is not conservative at all. Baylor Univ. in Texas and Pepperdine in Malibu (gorgeous campus) are more religiously conservative. Southern campuses may be more socially conservative, depending. A politically active conservative just picked Yale over UVA. I don't know anything about Emory or Henry (Patrick?). Avoid any campus where the faculty and students have taken over. If he is in xlnt physical shape and can endure being a rat, I would recommend VMI over all the others, especially if you are in-state.

Harvey Mudd is about engineering not political science. They do not offer a degree in poli sci but students take their social sciences at one of the other Claremont schools.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD wishes to attend a conservative school. It has been reported that these are the most conservative...is that true? What about Emory and Henry College?

We have visited Emory University (GA suburbs). I'd say much more liberal. Each freshman dorm has a theme and these center around climate change, social justice, et. Don't know about Henry College.

My son is a strong Libertarian and he's at GMU. Said it's a great school for people like him because the classes are 'neutral', i.e. you are not expected to regurgitate a teacher's viewpoint in order to get a good grade. His Econ prof was a strong Libertarian as well, and the kids loved how practical the course was - i.e. it made sense.

Liberty U. hands out a Constitution to each student. They are about Constitutional Conservatism, i.e. law. I personally think that is sound.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD wishes to attend a conservative school. It has been reported that these are the most conservative...is that true? What about Emory and Henry College?

We have visited Emory University (GA suburbs). I'd say much more liberal. Each freshman dorm has a theme and these center around climate change, social justice, et. Don't know about Henry College.

From wiki: Emory & Henry College, known as E&H, Emory, or the College, is a private liberal arts college located in Emory, Virginia.

And their mascot is the wasp!

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Anonymous wrote:My DD wishes to attend a conservative school. It has been reported that these are the most conservative...is that true? What about Emory and Henry College?

Why is DD afraid of different viewpoints and approaches to life? Did you intentionally raise her to be an intellectually stunted coward?

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Oh yes, by all means you should pick a school based on its political leanings as opposed to looking for one that has excellent academics and strives to remain unbiased in its intellectual inquiry.

So, you won't be bitching about "liberal" schools, right, if "conservatives" are allowed to have theirs too?

Personally, I think any school that allows itself to demonstrate obvious political leanings in its academics is a shit school that isn't worth going to. Heaven forbid snowflake should be subjected to opposing viewpoints. I mean, argument and reasoning are only the foundation of actual learning, after all.

Eye. Roll.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD wishes to attend a conservative school. It has been reported that these are the most conservative...is that true? What about Emory and Henry College?

We have visited Emory University (GA suburbs). I'd say much more liberal. Each freshman dorm has a theme and these center around climate change, social justice, et. Don't know about Henry College.

My son is a strong Libertarian and he's at GMU. Said it's a great school for people like him because the classes are 'neutral', i.e. you are not expected to regurgitate a teacher's viewpoint in order to get a good grade. His Econ prof was a strong Libertarian as well, and the kids loved how practical the course was - i.e. it made sense.

Liberty U. hands out a Constitution to each student. They are about Constitutional Conservatism, i.e. law. I personally think that is sound.

How did things like climate change (a universally accepted scientific reality) and social justice become dirty words? You have something against living on a planet that isn't in peril from increased extreme weather and rising seas or all men being created (and therefore treated) equal (fairly)? So terrible.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD wishes to attend a conservative school. It has been reported that these are the most conservative...is that true? What about Emory and Henry College?

We have visited Emory University (GA suburbs). I'd say much more liberal. Each freshman dorm has a theme and these center around climate change, social justice, et. Don't know about Henry College.

From wiki: Emory & Henry College, known as E&H, Emory, or the College, is a private liberal arts college located in Emory, Virginia.

And their mascot is the wasp!

Oh, duh!! Sorry Thought he meant Emory in GA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD wishes to attend a conservative school. It has been reported that these are the most conservative...is that true? What about Emory and Henry College?

Why is DD afraid of different viewpoints and approaches to life? Did you intentionally raise her to be an intellectually stunted coward?

Not the PP but my guess is to get away from closed-minded liberals like yourself.

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My DD just went to a big college fair last week and brought home a brochure from Regents. I'd never heard of it, but it says it teaches classes "from a Biblical perspective." No Darwin there!

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Anonymous wrote:If your son wants to study economics, then GMU. If politics, look at the Claremont Colleges, including Harvey Mudd and Pomona. Hillsdale if Catholic conservative. Yale is not conservative at all. Baylor Univ. in Texas and Pepperdine in Malibu (gorgeous campus) are more religiously conservative. Southern campuses may be more socially conservative, depending. A politically active conservative just picked Yale over UVA. I don't know anything about Emory or Henry (Patrick?). Avoid any campus where the faculty and students have taken over. If he is in xlnt physical shape and can endure being a rat, I would recommend VMI over all the others, especially if you are in-state.

Harvey Mudd is about engineering not political science. They do not offer a degree in poli sci but students take their social sciences at one of the other Claremont schools.

You're right, I meant Claremont-McKenna.