Most conservative of the top schools

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Anonymous wrote:Bob Jones University

OP said "top school" not "fringe"

Yes but anyone who would ask this might as well go straight there or to Liberty.

OK, Liberty may not be Princeton but it's no joke, either. Even if it isn't everyone's cup of tea, people graduate from Liberty with solid preparation and training.

Maybe, but it's on the fringes of polite society and espouses abhorrent views.

Such as?

Here's a pretty good list: http://onepeoplesproject.com/index.php/rogues-gallery/6-f/82-jerry-falwell-deceased

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Really what matters too is the program of study. The school that I went to was fairly liberal, but i majored in accounting/finance and those departments leaned center-right.

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford is fairly conservative for a California school.

You're kidding right?

It is conservative.

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford
USC
Dartmouth
Vanderbilt
UVA
Wake Forrest

Are the "least liberal" of the Top 25 Schools. They aren't exactly conservative, but you might be able to express a conservative view without being shot down.

This is a good guide to schools that still offer an open academic environment:

http://www.amazon.com/Choosing-Right-College-2012-13-Americas/dp/1610170059

There are some surprises, for example, Reed generally regarded as very liberal still allows academic freedom.

They all allow academic freedom. If you come from the perspective of "what schools will tolerate my intolerance" you won't get very far, but to suggest conservative thought is persecuted on campus is ridiculous.

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+2. Pretty sure every single one of the Top 25 has a Republican/Conservative club. If you are looking for a place where you can express conservative views on taxes, affirmative action, and the like in a thoughtful manner, you should be fine in any of these places. If you're one of the racist posters here, and you want your kid to be able to express racist views "without being shot down," well then you do need a fringe school.

Not quite sure if this is clueless or Orwellian - but free speech sort of means, you know, free speech. Not free to speak as authorized.

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Free speech still under siege in the Ivy League

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/nov/01/news/la-ol-kelly-brown-stopandfrisk-20131101

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Brandeis intended to honor Hirsi Ali at its commencement ceremonies with an honorary degree. The university invited her to speak. But when the national head of CAIR, Nihad Awad, complained that Hirsi Ali was guilty of wrong thoughts and evil words, Brandeis withdrew its offer.

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Problem Is Reality Has A Liberal Bias.

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Anonymous wrote:Really what matters too is the program of study. The school that I went to was fairly liberal, but i majored in accounting/finance and those departments leaned center-right.

+1 I went to a reputedly liberal school, but my pre-med track was die-hard conservative. Ditto for the math/econ track and the MBA track. But my minor was Ethnic Studies and those folks were far-left. The contrast was pretty stark.

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Muslim students pressured Brown University to dis-invite
Nonie Darish, author of Now They Call Me Infidel, and silence her criticism of the harsh and horrific treatment of women in the Muslim world.

Rutgers University faculty and students forced the withdrawal of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from speaking at commencement. The basis for their complaint: Condoleezza Rice served in the Bush Administration and was therefore responsible for war crimes

International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde is too right-wing for this crowd – Smith College students and faculty forced her withdrawal thanks to her association with the IMF, which they said contributed to violence against women and based on race.

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Anonymous wrote:Really what matters too is the program of study. The school that I went to was fairly liberal, but i majored in accounting/finance and those departments leaned center-right.

I think this is true. Also I think the approach of individual professors varies. I'm quite far left but back in the day when I was teaching I believed it was important to challenge my students whether they were on the left or the right in order to get them to think about their position and be able to argue effectively for it. OTOH I also knew of profs who couldn't bear to let someone say something they disagreed with without telling them that they were wrong. Set my teeth on edge. The criticism is way overblown but there are some liberals -- some -- who are intolerant of other views, just like there are conservative professors who are the same way. Not a good way to teach and mentor young people in my view.

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Anonymous wrote:Problem Is Reality Has A Liberal Bias.

If that is all you are exposed to in the bubble you place yourself into that would probably seem to be the case. Then we end up with failed presidencies and puzzle over how our "reality" be so darn wrong?

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Harvard's Class of 2015 Freshman Pledge

At Commencement, the Dean of Harvard College announces to the President, Fellows, and Overseers that "each degree candidate stands ready to advance knowledge, to promote understanding, and to serve society." That message serves as a kind of moral compass for the education Harvard College imparts. In the classroom, in extracurricular endeavors, and in the Yard and Houses, students are expected to act with integrity, respect, and industry, and to sustain a community characterized by inclusiveness and civility.

As we begin at Harvard, we commit to upholding the values of the College and to making the entryway and Yard a place where all can thrive and where the exercise of kindness holds a place on a par with intellectual attainment.

http://harry-lewis.blogspot.com/2011/08/freshman-pledge.html

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Anonymous wrote:Muslim students pressured Brown University to dis-invite
Nonie Darish, author of Now They Call Me Infidel, and silence her criticism of the harsh and horrific treatment of women in the Muslim world.

Rutgers University faculty and students forced the withdrawal of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from speaking at commencement. The basis for their complaint: Condoleezza Rice served in the Bush Administration and was therefore responsible for war crimes

International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde is too right-wing for this crowd – Smith College students and faculty forced her withdrawal thanks to her association with the IMF, which they said contributed to violence against women and based on race.

Condoleezza Rice was uninvited because she authorized water boarding. Whether she should have been uninvited is debatable. Don't post without the full explanation.

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Anywhere in Virginia, unfortunately

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OP, there are tons of openly, comfortably conservative students even at schools with very liberal reps. Faculty members, too.

A school like Oberlin? Maybe not so much. But Harvard/Yale/Princeton? Tons.

There are also plenty of church-going students, although as another poster mentioned, you can't assume 100% overlap between the church-going students & the conservative one -- I knew both lefty churchgoers and Libertarian atheists at Harvard.