Any other alums who think their school has gone off the deep end?

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I went to Notre Dame for undergrad. No. In fact one of the things I liked most about it was that it's very politically diverse. Like, a 50/50 split which is pretty rare at colleges these days. I liked being in an environment where there really was people on all along the political spectrum not just "liberal" to "practically communist."

And then I went to Yale for law school and yeah...that one's gone a little far. No money to them.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Notre Dame for undergrad. No. In fact one of the things I liked most about it was that it's very politically diverse. Like, a 50/50 split which is pretty rare at colleges these days. I liked being in an environment where there really was people on all along the political spectrum not just "liberal" to "practically communist."

And then I went to Yale for law school and yeah...that one's gone a little far. No money to them.

I really respect the way some ND students walked out at graduation. They got to protest his policies, but let other students and their families appreciate the special day. Back in the day I saw it as a conservative school, but now I would encourage my children to attend.

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I'm the PP. this when Pence spoke.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Notre Dame for undergrad. No. In fact one of the things I liked most about it was that it's very politically diverse. Like, a 50/50 split which is pretty rare at colleges these days. I liked being in an environment where there really was people on all along the political spectrum not just "liberal" to "practically communist."

And then I went to Yale for law school and yeah...that one's gone a little far. No money to them.

I really respect the way some ND students walked out at graduation. They got to protest his policies, but let other students and their families appreciate the special day. Back in the day I saw it as a conservative school, but now I would encourage my children to attend.

It was rude and disrespectful. If you are going to do that, just don't go at all. Or do like the rest of us do, sit through interminable boring lefty speeches with a polite look on our faces. I know a number of ND families thought that move to be just too pointed and rude and I agree.

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Anonymous wrote:Yale is on the cusp. There is a silent but very real tug of war between the more moderate/conservative factions of students, faculty, alums, admins etc and the very liberal ones. I think the ultra liberal side might be winning but the fight is not over yet. They haven't become Brown just yet.

I went to Brown lol. At reunion I was judged for not giving birth in my living room. I had to deliver at a level 4 NICU hospital because of high risk pregnancy and my living room is small too (poor life choices).

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DH went to Carleton. Has never given a dime because it has gone so liberal. Hated his time there, as well.

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Yale. No, I've never given, although that also has to do with the fact that they are so flush with cash and I'd rather donate to organizations that actually need the money.

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Anonymous wrote:My SLAC has gone crazy left and doesn't even tolerate conservative or republican points of view. So I don't give. That doesn't mean much in of itself but there are sufficient alumni who feel this way such as it has really made the endowment suffer. The other problem is that the institution went from highly selective to almost 50% selectivity rate -
due to lack of quality applications - which just disgusts a lot of alums. It was once a great school but no longer is.

I'm having a hard time coming up with any SLACs that used to be highly selective but now have a 50% admission rate. So I'm going to call this one fake news.

Well, off the top of my head there's Occidental College. It used to be on the same level as Pomona and Stanford in California. Now it has a 45+% acceptance rate.

When was Occidental on the same level as Stanford and Pomona?

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Anonymous wrote:My SLAC has gone crazy left and doesn't even tolerate conservative or republican points of view. So I don't give. That doesn't mean much in of itself but there are sufficient alumni who feel this way such as it has really made the endowment suffer. The other problem is that the institution went from highly selective to almost 50% selectivity rate -
due to lack of quality applications - which just disgusts a lot of alums. It was once a great school but no longer is.

I'm having a hard time coming up with any SLACs that used to be highly selective but now have a 50% admission rate. So I'm going to call this one fake news.

Well, off the top of my head there's Occidental College. It used to be on the same level as Pomona and Stanford in California. Now it has a 45+% acceptance rate.

When was Occidental on the same level as Stanford and Pomona?

On and off since 1907. In 1907 Oxy produced its first Rhodes. Pomona then suggested they combine into one college. Oxy turned Pomona down. Oxy then produced 9 more Rhodes Scholars. In the early 70s it was highly competitive. Most students applied also to Pomona, Stanford as well as Oxy (fewer California students went east then so the selections in California for a top student were not as great as they are today) and UCLA. USC was considered a third-rate party school, and Pitzer even lower. The joke about USC was that the students stood in line the first day comparing notes as to their test scores and when UCLA turned them down. Much has changed.

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Harvard Law. I don't give. My legal education was 100% critical legal studies. I learned the law when I studied for the bar exam.

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My sister and brother both went to Yale. they were disgusted by the P.C. cave on the Halloween costume scandal and no longer give money or participate in anything.

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Scripps! Ultra-super lefty now. Gender studies everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Well avoid Berkeley ^^. I'm not sure there are any even-handed schools left in California. I attended Harvard Law. It has become so left that I no longer give any money.

Berkeley has made huge improvements in free speech over the last year, after learning from their mistakes:
https://www.thefire.org/berkeley-plans-multi-platform-free-speech-initiative-for-new-academic-year/

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Anonymous wrote:How about Harvard:
https://www.harvard.edu/media-relations/media-resources/popular-topics/unrecognized-single-gender-social-organizations

If you, in your spare time, are part of any group that is single-sex, then as a Harvard student you are banned from playing on a sports team or holding a student leadership position.

That includes being a member of groups for women in STEM fields. In your spare time.

What's next, they'll ban you depending on which church or mosque you attend on the weekend?

It's not clear that's the case. A "final club" of men clearly would trigger the policy as a "social organization," but I'd bet they treat associations of female STEM majors differently.

It's all based on the assumption that men cannot be allowed to exclude women in any social context. Women and minorities rarely are held to similar standards by college administrators.

At the very least, it affects sororities and fraternities:
https://www.thefire.org/harvard-corporation-finalizes-single-gender-organization-sanctions-policy/

Interesting Harvard has been so hush-hush about their policy even though it's taking effect soon.

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Anonymous wrote:Scripps! Ultra-super lefty now. Gender studies everywhere.

Considering there was only 1 Gender Studies major in the recent graduating class of 205, I take it that you must not be very acquainted with your alma mater. Sad, really.