Any Liberal Arts Colleges that are not uniformly liberal?

[Anonymous]

I'm specifically looking for liberal arts colleges that aren't also committed to one faith tradition, for example, Catholic or evangelical colleges. Are there any liberal arts colleges that are intellectually diverse? Princeton, for instance, has Professor Robert George as the campus conservative, but I'm looking for smaller colleges.

[Anonymous]

Hillsdale College?

Perhaps St. Johns College in Annapolis?

[Anonymous]

Four that come to mind for totally different reasons:
Randolph Macon -- certainly has (had? Is David Brat still on the faculty?) some well know conservatives
Grove City -- religious (Christian; unsure if considered 'evangelical' or not), but also traditionally strong academics
Jacksonville U (FL) -- regional university in a conservative area, dominant ROTC presence
Mercyhurst U (Erie PA) -- Catholic, signature program in intelligence studies with a lot of involvement from Tom Ridge and other less 'name' conservatives.

Those are just off the top of my head, somewhat prompted by the 'campus conservative' comment. Particularly within economics and political science, I think a lot of small schools have some intellectual diversity among the faculty. I think of it as more libertarian than conservative, but certainly not uniformly liberal.

[Anonymous]

DC is looking for an atmosphere different than the very liberal high school that DC attends. Also, DC did not want a religious school. DC ended up gravitating towards liberal arts schools with a strong pre-professional focus. They tend to have a more balanced student body. (DC did not want a 100% conservative school, just one that wasn't uniformly liberal.) These include:

Claremont McKenna, Colgate, Washington and Lee, DePauw, Wake Forest, and I'm sure there are others. Haverford was also a bit interesting, very intellectual, a little bit like a small University of Chicago, which is another school that has some conservative intellectuals.

[Anonymous]

Despite the conservative news machine, not all small colleges are extremely politically liberal. Schools like Hampshire have always been very far to the left and their reputations are easy to discover. But if what you're saying is that you want a campus where eg gay rights are not accepted, you're going to have to seek out religious schools. As far as scholarship goes, highly intelligent conservatives go into law and business, not teaching.

[Anonymous]

Washington & Jefferson College outside Pittsburgh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Four that come to mind for totally different reasons:
Randolph Macon -- certainly has (had? Is David Brat still on the faculty?) some well know conservatives
Grove City -- religious (Christian; unsure if considered 'evangelical' or not), but also traditionally strong academics
Jacksonville U (FL) -- regional university in a conservative area, dominant ROTC presence
Mercyhurst U (Erie PA) -- Catholic, signature program in intelligence studies with a lot of involvement from Tom Ridge and other less 'name' conservatives.

Those are just off the top of my head, somewhat prompted by the 'campus conservative' comment. Particularly within economics and political science, I think a lot of small schools have some intellectual diversity among the faculty. I think of it as more libertarian than conservative, but certainly not uniformly liberal.

Grove City is extremely religious, or at least it was when I visited quite a few years ago. I don't think it would fit what OP is looking for.

OP, are you looking for more intellectual diversity or schools lean conservative specifically? They are not the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Business schools like Babson probably lean conservative or mixed

[Anonymous]

catholic schools

[Anonymous]

Everything is relative. A fine arts school will be more liberal than a liberal arts school which will be more liberal than a STEM school which is usually more liberal than a business school.

My guess is that pre-professional schools probably have the widest range across the liberal-conservative spectrum.

[Anonymous]

Wake Forest alum here, and it may fit your bill. Small (a little over 1000 students a class) and definitely a student body that leans white, Southern, conservative and affluent. As a liberal attending, I was able to find my crowd. But there were also some very conservative students and professors.

[Anonymous]

Dartmouth?

[Anonymous]

OP here - there have been several interesting suggestions that I hadn't thought of before. Grove City would be out - the grads I know of have been very impressive people in the Reformed Protestant tradition, but that isn't our family tradition. I'm more interested in finding a school with some cultural conservatives rather than economic conservatives. Perhaps the South is the place to look. Or, I could see where the Anscombe Society has chapters. Not interested in business school.

[Anonymous]

OP again - Haverford also sounds interesting and would probably be at the right academic level. Out of Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr, and Haverford, is Haverford the most conservative?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again - Haverford also sounds interesting and would probably be at the right academic level. Out of Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr, and Haverford, is Haverford the most conservative?

Aren't these all quaker schools? Quakers are almost uniformly very liberal.