Liberty, Regents College or George Mason? Which is most conservative?
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Anonymous
Not Claremont-McKenna. Not really right wing but more welcoming to the conservative point of view. A friend's daughter didn't get in but did get into Scripps, so she will live at Scrips and try to take most of her classes at Claremont-McKenna. A few of the Pomona professors are conservative. You have to do some research. |
Anonymous
Assuming you are correct about Claremont-McKenna, well of course you would get those numbers! If you went to my SLAC it would have been 99% for Obama. Having 13% of any liberal arts student body vote for romney is amazing. Bet you would get different figures now. You Do understand that almost all of higher ed in america is left wing liberal due to tenured professors who were educated in the 60s still teaching the 60s liberal cafeteria style of education, don't you? You really have to look hard to find someone with an opposing view, which is problematic when working here in D.C. because you must be able to respond intelligently to both sides of the debate. Most kids coming out of a liberal arts education have had a piece-meal liberal agenda thrown at them and react from a knee-jerk liberal point of view seen so often on this forum: deflect, accuse the opposition of racism or being a knuckledragger, blame it on Bush, etc. Everyone needs to read the Madison papers and be educated in arguments from all sides to be a truly educated person conversant on all issues, nationally and internationally. Unfortunately, that's not what our colleges turn out. |
Anonymous
Educate thyself. 55 million endowment. 33,000 students. 12,000 in masters or doctoral programs. Commuting days are over. No. 1 in ratings for "Up and Coming University". Haven't you noticed all those ads in the Weekend section of Wash. Post featuring bands, dancers, art festivals, lectures, etc. at GMU? It has state of the art buildings and labs. And read up on Mason Korea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mason_University. www.GMU.edu. |
Anonymous
| Just exited a forum on higher ed where St. John's College was discussed. Last of the few remaining great books schools. That might fit the bill. |
Anonymous
55 million endowment? For a school with 15000 undergrads? That's pathetic... |
Anonymous
Hey, I'm not the one looking for an environment where I won't ever have to have my assumptions and opinions challenged. |
Anonymous
Maybe by the standards of modern Tea Party conservatism. By standards that are actually, y'know, sane, they have traditionally had a reputation for conservative-leaning academic and intellectual environments. |
Anonymous
George Mason has a $55 Million endowment Liberty has a $1,000 Million endowment. Sounds like Liberty wins by a multiple of 20. |
Anonymous
U.S. News must be way off then. It says the endowment is $58.6 million. Plus, George Mason is a state school so the legislature helps fund it in addition to its endowment. |
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Anonymous
VT endowment dwarfs GMU. It's almost pathetic. |
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This is a really scary question. OP - why aren't you freaking out that this is what your daughter's goal is?
I think it's very telling that she is looking for the most conservative - not the most challenging or the school with the best academics. Conservatives do not want a school that is going to get all bogged down with facts and science. They just get in the way. College is supposed to teach you how to think and to question and it's supposed to teach and require this of Conservatives and Liberals. Why bother going to college if you are just looking to gather information to back up outdated opinions? Just seems like a missed opportunity to meet lots of new people and challenge yourself. However, I do think this is a common Conservative approach and in some ways, I guess if they are looking to gather data and not focus on true learning, it's best they keep to themselves all at one school. |
Anonymous
Brilliant!!! Absolutely brilliant! |
Anonymous
You go girl! Just keep thinking that way and don't even risk an open mind. |
Anonymous
That's as ridiculous a statement as someone saying, "If your family subscribes to the liberal view that women should be dominant and do nothing but work outside the home and put kids in daycare." Absurd to make such generalizations. |