Conservative Colleges

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:where do politically conservative leaning DMV kids apply to college?

What is your real concern? If you don't want your kid completely surrounded by far out left crowd, send them to any school that has ROTC program. Many students in ROTC are of the center-right persuasions and/or are more tolerant of the conservative viewpoints. Ditto for Catholic schools that have an active religious community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The heading on this might be a bit misleading — there are colleges that are “conservative” (e.g., Liberty) and then there are colleges that aren’t “conservative” per se but are more more tolerant of a diversity of views. Unfortuntely,it’s a pretty short list.

The University of Chicago
The rest are mostly in the South — e.g., SMU, many Southern flagships

I also heard that Uchicago is more tolerant than other top universities but not sure what that is based on

They emphasize respect for the free speech and teach their students to not reflexively scream "harm!" if they hear a viewpoint they might disagree with. The administration appears to have some spine, compared to many other schools.

[Anonymous]

Texas A&M

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hillsdale in Michigan

https://www.nationalreview.com/1999/11/horror-hillsdale-john-j-miller/

That story is over 20 years old.

[Anonymous]

In terms of "mainstream" colleges (e.g., not a Hillsdale or Grove City type place whose entire brand is being conservative):

Certain large publics in the South - Bama, Auburn, TAMU, Ole Miss, Clemson, USC, UTK come to mind.

Baylor
Southern Methodist
Notre Dame
Texas Christian
Washington & Lee
Wake Forest
Purdue
Pepperdine
USNA
Furman

Some of these range from pretty darn conservative (Baylor) to being pretty evenly split (UTK, USC, Notre Dame) but all of these to me are places where a conservative person could go and find like minded people and not feel like a fish out of water.

[Anonymous]

According to Niche « most conservative colleges «  list, top ten are:

Brigham Young (Provo)
Cedarville University
Brigham Young (Idaho)
Bob Jones University
Liberty
Colorado Christian University
Lee University
Utah State
Biola University
Palm Beach Atlantic University

SMU (13), Ole Miss (28), Texas A&M (33), Auburn (41), Radford (51) that one surprised me, Alabama (59), Oral Roberts (60), Wheaton College (62), TCU (90), Baylor (98), South Carolina (114), NC State (136), High Point (139), St. Joseph’s (148), Purdue (164), Wake Forest (194), Miami Ohio (201), Clemson (220), VMI (227), Tennessee (228)

Those are the ones I thought most interesting and/or discussed on DCUM. Lots of smaller Christian, Catholic ans others I’d never heard of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tennessee
South Carolina
Rice
Baylor
Alabama
Shepherd
(I know these universities themselves aren’t necessarily conservative, but I know conservative-leaning kids who applied to/attend all of these)

Also:
Patrick Henry
Grove City
Liberty
Clearwater Christian

Pp here. I was answering OP’s question, which was where are conservative DMV kids applying to college.
Rice and Shepherd are not even remotely conservative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The heading on this might be a bit misleading — there are colleges that are “conservative” (e.g., Liberty) and then there are colleges that aren’t “conservative” per se but are more more tolerant of a diversity of views. Unfortuntely,it’s a pretty short list.

The University of Chicago
The rest are mostly in the South — e.g., SMU, many Southern flagships

I also heard that Uchicago is more tolerant than other top universities but not sure what that is based on

They emphasize respect for the free speech and teach their students to not reflexively scream "harm!" if they hear a viewpoint they might disagree with. The administration appears to have some spine, compared to many other schools.

https://freeexpression.uchicago.edu/

In 2014, President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Eric Isaacs appointed a committee of University faculty to articulate “the University’s overarching commitment to free, robust, and uninhibited debate.” The resulting “Chicago Principles” have since been adopted by universities and colleges across the country.

https://provost.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/documents/reports/FOECommitteeReport.pdf

In a word, the University’s fundamental commitment is to the principle that debate or deliberation may not be suppressed because the ideas put forth are thought by some or even by most members of the University community to be offensive, unwise, immoral, or wrong-headed. It is for the individual members of the University community, not for the University as an institution, to make those judgments for themselves, and to act on those judgments not by seeking to suppress speech, but by openly and vigorously contesting the ideas that they oppose. Indeed, fostering the ability of members of the University community to engage in such debate and deliberation in an effective and responsible manner is an essential part of the University’s educational mission.

As a corollary to the University’s commitment to protect and promote free expression, members of the University community must also act in conformity with the principle of free expression. Although members of the University community are free to criticize and contest the views expressed on campus, and to criticize and contest speakers who are invited to express their views on campus, they may not obstruct or otherwise interfere with the freedom of others to express views they reject or even loathe. To this end, the University has a solemn responsibility not only to promote a lively and fearless freedom of debate and deliberation, but also to protect that freedom when others attempt to restrict it.

As Robert M. Hutchins observed, without a vibrant commitment to free and open inquiry, a university ceases to be a university. The University of Chicago’s long-standing commitment to this principle lies at the very core of our University’s greatness. That is our inheritance, and it is our promise to the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hillsdale in Michigan

https://www.nationalreview.com/1999/11/horror-hillsdale-john-j-miller/

That story is over 20 years old.

Their endowment is still ~$900 million. That’s not chump change.

[Anonymous]

Most of them go the same places as everyone else, assuming you're not talking about a kid who feels the need to share his belief that Trump is still the president.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hillsdale in Michigan

https://www.nationalreview.com/1999/11/horror-hillsdale-john-j-miller/

That story is over 20 years old.

And?

[Anonymous]

Samford
Biola

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tennessee
South Carolina
Rice
Baylor
Alabama
Shepherd
(I know these universities themselves aren’t necessarily conservative, but I know conservative-leaning kids who applied to/attend all of these)

Also:
Patrick Henry
Grove City
Liberty
Clearwater Christian

Pp here. I was answering OP’s question, which was where are conservative DMV kids applying to college.
Rice and Shepherd are not even remotely conservative.

You must know one conservative then. Shepherd is a liberal arts college that’s big into theatre, photography etc. The surrounding town of Shepherdstown voted almost as blue as DC. You could not be steering someone more wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In terms of "mainstream" colleges (e.g., not a Hillsdale or Grove City type place whose entire brand is being conservative):

Certain large publics in the South - Bama, Auburn, TAMU, Ole Miss, Clemson, USC, UTK come to mind.

Baylor
Southern Methodist
Notre Dame
Texas Christian
Washington & Lee
Wake Forest
Purdue
Pepperdine
USNA
Furman

Some of these range from pretty darn conservative (Baylor) to being pretty evenly split (UTK, USC, Notre Dame) but all of these to me are places where a conservative person could go and find like minded people and not feel like a fish out of water.

+1

[Anonymous]

Claremont McKenna is allegedly more politically "balanced" than most liberal arts colleges. I don't know that it is "conservative" but I guess it's all a matter of perspective.

Of course, good luck getting in.