Which schools are conservative now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - no, not talking about the other students' political leaning, or even the faculty for that matter. Asking about which university boards/admins are changing to Trumpism.

The ones in charge will determine the direction/teaching at that school. So, yes, looks like UVA is headed that way. Wash U - not sure - but MO is gerrymandering like crazy and only a matter of time before they take control of Wash U.

TX legislature will take control over TX schools, at least the publics.

Agree with a PP maybe it's the ones that sign this new blackmailing compact.

I hope no one names a school, as that will just make them a target in this era of Neo McCarthyism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame

It's 50/50 like Catholics generally, with fringe on both ends. Unfortunately one fringe is getting the most press.

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Anonymous wrote:Define conservative. By definition, education learning new things, new approaches, meeting new people and ideas tends to be a liberal tenet.

One would think so. Unfortunately the progressive left has forgotten this. Statistics show they are the most intolerant, and now Democrats are more likely to refuse to date or be friends with conservatives and boasts of cutting off family and old friends over views is much more common on the left than the right. So I'd be careful in making these kinds of assumptions. Any pragmatic person who's been through the elite Ivory tower knows they are the most ideologically rigid and unforgiving of any higher education institutions.

I don't know what OP is looking for, but it she or he is looking for the old fashioned concept of liberal, aka a genuine tolerance of diversity of viewpoints, best places are probably the big state universities and southern schools. Faculty will be D voters but students are all across the spectrum with minimal pressure to hide their views.

I would guess this is women unwilling to date men who think they are second class citizens/shouldn't have bodily autonomy. I don't find that surprising at all, tolerating a view point doesn't require you to date them.

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This was true for me and my peers in the 1990s and 2000s. And I expect it will remain the same for DD and her peers in the decade or two two come.

Dating has always been a self-sorting process. The only “new” part of this is the big jump in the number of very conservative young men without a similar shift from young women.

The result is that conservative men are facing a smaller dating pool. The same is true for liberal women, by the way. There’s a major population mismatch going on right now, but recent research shows that young women are more focused on first establishing a career than getting married and having kids. So there’s less disappointment/bitterness showing up from the women (and fewer mass shootings, too ….)

Based on what Ive seen, there's many more frustrated liberal single women than frustrated single conservative men who can't find spouses. NYC and DC are packed with childless single women and it's been observed that it's a significant factor behind the leftward drift of the Democratic party and the party's embracing of controversial social topics. Meanwhile married women continue to trend more centrist and even conservative. Being married and having children clearly brings out greater conservatism in people, for both men and women.

As for schools, most state schools are going to be more apolitical than political. The local regional university near me has everyone, more or less, and a pretty chill atmosphere. I concur with a PP who said most kids going to college aren't looking for politics or agonize over politics all day long.

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Well said.

That has not been my experience nor the experience of my friends. So "based on what I've seen" the exact opposite is true.

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Anonymous wrote:Define conservative. By definition, education learning new things, new approaches, meeting new people and ideas tends to be a liberal tenet.

One would think so. Unfortunately the progressive left has forgotten this. Statistics show they are the most intolerant, and now Democrats are more likely to refuse to date or be friends with conservatives and boasts of cutting off family and old friends over views is much more common on the left than the right. So I'd be careful in making these kinds of assumptions. Any pragmatic person who's been through the elite Ivory tower knows they are the most ideologically rigid and unforgiving of any higher education institutions.

I don't know what OP is looking for, but it she or he is looking for the old fashioned concept of liberal, aka a genuine tolerance of diversity of viewpoints, best places are probably the big state universities and southern schools. Faculty will be D voters but students are all across the spectrum with minimal pressure to hide their views.

I would guess this is women unwilling to date men who think they are second class citizens/shouldn't have bodily autonomy. I don't find that surprising at all, tolerating a view point doesn't require you to date them.

+1000

This was true for me and my peers in the 1990s and 2000s. And I expect it will remain the same for DD and her peers in the decade or two two come.

Dating has always been a self-sorting process. The only “new” part of this is the big jump in the number of very conservative young men without a similar shift from young women.

The result is that conservative men are facing a smaller dating pool. The same is true for liberal women, by the way. There’s a major population mismatch going on right now, but recent research shows that young women are more focused on first establishing a career than getting married and having kids. So there’s less disappointment/bitterness showing up from the women (and fewer mass shootings, too ….)

Based on what Ive seen, there's many more frustrated liberal single women than frustrated single conservative men who can't find spouses. NYC and DC are packed with childless single women and it's been observed that it's a significant factor behind the leftward drift of the Democratic party and the party's embracing of controversial social topics. Meanwhile married women continue to trend more centrist and even conservative. Being married and having children clearly brings out greater conservatism in people, for both men and women.

As for schools, most state schools are going to be more apolitical than political. The local regional university near me has everyone, more or less, and a pretty chill atmosphere. I concur with a PP who said most kids going to college aren't looking for politics or agonize over politics all day long.

+1000
Well said.

That has not been my experience nor the experience of my friends. So "based on what I've seen" the exact opposite is true.

+1000
Well said.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Define conservative. By definition, education learning new things, new approaches, meeting new people and ideas tends to be a liberal tenet.

One would think so. Unfortunately the progressive left has forgotten this. Statistics show they are the most intolerant, and now Democrats are more likely to refuse to date or be friends with conservatives and boasts of cutting off family and old friends over views is much more common on the left than the right. So I'd be careful in making these kinds of assumptions. Any pragmatic person who's been through the elite Ivory tower knows they are the most ideologically rigid and unforgiving of any higher education institutions.

I don't know what OP is looking for, but it she or he is looking for the old fashioned concept of liberal, aka a genuine tolerance of diversity of viewpoints, best places are probably the big state universities and southern schools. Faculty will be D voters but students are all across the spectrum with minimal pressure to hide their views.

I would guess this is women unwilling to date men who think they are second class citizens/shouldn't have bodily autonomy. I don't find that surprising at all, tolerating a view point doesn't require you to date them.

+1000

This was true for me and my peers in the 1990s and 2000s. And I expect it will remain the same for DD and her peers in the decade or two two come.

Dating has always been a self-sorting process. The only “new” part of this is the big jump in the number of very conservative young men without a similar shift from young women.

The result is that conservative men are facing a smaller dating pool. The same is true for liberal women, by the way. There’s a major population mismatch going on right now, but recent research shows that young women are more focused on first establishing a career than getting married and having kids. So there’s less disappointment/bitterness showing up from the women (and fewer mass shootings, too ….)

Based on what Ive seen, there's many more frustrated liberal single women than frustrated single conservative men who can't find spouses. NYC and DC are packed with childless single women and it's been observed that it's a significant factor behind the leftward drift of the Democratic party and the party's embracing of controversial social topics. Meanwhile married women continue to trend more centrist and even conservative. Being married and having children clearly brings out greater conservatism in people, for both men and women.

As for schools, most state schools are going to be more apolitical than political. The local regional university near me has everyone, more or less, and a pretty chill atmosphere. I concur with a PP who said most kids going to college aren't looking for politics or agonize over politics all day long.

No. Many most certainly do not want to raise kids with a conservative partner.

[Anonymous]

1 Brigham Young University

2 Liberty University

3 Bob Jones University

4 Thomas Aquinas College

5 Cedarville University

6 Colorado Christian University

7 Brigham Young University—Idaho

8 North Greenville University

9 Biola University

10 Patrick Henry College

11 Utah State University

12 Palm Beach Atlantic University

13 Southern Methodist University

14 Grove City College

15 Samford University

16 University of Dallas

17 Dallas Baptist University

18 West Texas A&M University

19 Harding University

20 Cornerstone University

21 Texas A&M University

22 Evangel University

23 Maranatha Baptist University

24 Abilene Christian University

25 Lee University

26 George Fox University

27 Montana Technological University

28 Wheaton College—Illinois

29 Taylor University

30 Susquehanna University

31 Oral Roberts University

32 Auburn University

33 Western New Mexico University

34 The University of Alabama—Huntsville

35 University of Tennessee—Martin

36 Arkansas State University

37 University of Evansville

38 Eastern Washington University

39 Moody Bible Institute

40 The University of Alabama

41 University of Northwestern—St. Paul

42 Wayland Baptist University

43 Radford University

44 Franciscan University of Steubenville

45 Hillsdale College

46 LeTourneau University

47 Anderson University—South Carolina

48 University of Arkansas

49 Trevecca Nazarene University

50 Troy University

51 Southeastern University

52 Lock Haven University

53 University of North Georgia

54 Concordia University—Wisconsin

55 Wayne State College

56 University of Wyoming

57 South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

58 Missouri University of Science & Technology

59 University of Findlay

60 Johnson University

61 Spring Arbor University

62 Baylor University

63 Northwest University

64 Texas Christian University

65 Tarleton State University

66 Ouachita Baptist University

67 Benedictine College

68 Idaho State University

69 University of Scranton

70 Midwestern State University

71 Kansas State University

72 Angelo State University

73 Oklahoma State University

74 Brigham Young University—Hawaii

75 University of Mississippi

76 Southwestern Assemblies of God University

77 Bethel University—Indiana

78 Howard Payne University

79 Olivet Nazarene University

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1 Brigham Young University

2 Liberty University

3 Bob Jones University

4 Thomas Aquinas College

5 Cedarville University

6 Colorado Christian University

7 Brigham Young University—Idaho

8 North Greenville University

9 Biola University

10 Patrick Henry College

11 Utah State University

12 Palm Beach Atlantic University

13 Southern Methodist University

14 Grove City College

15 Samford University

16 University of Dallas

17 Dallas Baptist University

18 West Texas A&M University

19 Harding University

20 Cornerstone University

21 Texas A&M University

22 Evangel University

23 Maranatha Baptist University

24 Abilene Christian University

25 Lee University

26 George Fox University

27 Montana Technological University

28 Wheaton College—Illinois

29 Taylor University

30 Susquehanna University

31 Oral Roberts University

32 Auburn University

33 Western New Mexico University

34 The University of Alabama—Huntsville

35 University of Tennessee—Martin

36 Arkansas State University

37 University of Evansville

38 Eastern Washington University

39 Moody Bible Institute

40 The University of Alabama

41 University of Northwestern—St. Paul

42 Wayland Baptist University

43 Radford University

44 Franciscan University of Steubenville

45 Hillsdale College

46 LeTourneau University

47 Anderson University—South Carolina

48 University of Arkansas

49 Trevecca Nazarene University

50 Troy University

51 Southeastern University

52 Lock Haven University

53 University of North Georgia

54 Concordia University—Wisconsin

55 Wayne State College

56 University of Wyoming

57 South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

58 Missouri University of Science & Technology

59 University of Findlay

60 Johnson University

61 Spring Arbor University

62 Baylor University

63 Northwest University

64 Texas Christian University

65 Tarleton State University

66 Ouachita Baptist University

67 Benedictine College

68 Idaho State University

69 University of Scranton

70 Midwestern State University

71 Kansas State University

72 Angelo State University

73 Oklahoma State University

74 Brigham Young University—Hawaii

75 University of Mississippi

76 Southwestern Assemblies of God University

77 Bethel University—Indiana

78 Howard Payne University

79 Olivet Nazarene University

this is the right list.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Define conservative. By definition, education learning new things, new approaches, meeting new people and ideas tends to be a liberal tenet.

One would think so. Unfortunately the progressive left has forgotten this. Statistics show they are the most intolerant, and now Democrats are more likely to refuse to date or be friends with conservatives and boasts of cutting off family and old friends over views is much more common on the left than the right. So I'd be careful in making these kinds of assumptions. Any pragmatic person who's been through the elite Ivory tower knows they are the most ideologically rigid and unforgiving of any higher education institutions.

I don't know what OP is looking for, but it she or he is looking for the old fashioned concept of liberal, aka a genuine tolerance of diversity of viewpoints, best places are probably the big state universities and southern schools. Faculty will be D voters but students are all across the spectrum with minimal pressure to hide their views.

No, in any University, all viewpoints are taught and explored. I don't know where you get the idea that this isn't true. The only 'viewpoints' you would find little tolerance for are racist, misogynist, and other discriminatory falsehoods -- but even those viewpoints (which are neither liberal nor conservative, but just morally wrong) are absolutely explored and discussed (and hopefully, for the peace of the whole world, rejected). Do you expect anyone to think those positions are OK?

There is a huge gulf between "women should have the option to stay at home because there are various benefits to it, but also the option to work, and public policy should support either decision because both have societal benefits (liberal) and women who chose a professional career “choose a path to misery” "instead of starting a family and having children” (JD Vance).

[Anonymous]

I agree that none of these 79 schools are likely to win an ultimate frisbee tournament.

I think that should be the barometer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Define conservative. By definition, education learning new things, new approaches, meeting new people and ideas tends to be a liberal tenet.

One would think so. Unfortunately the progressive left has forgotten this. Statistics show they are the most intolerant, and now Democrats are more likely to refuse to date or be friends with conservatives and boasts of cutting off family and old friends over views is much more common on the left than the right. So I'd be careful in making these kinds of assumptions. Any pragmatic person who's been through the elite Ivory tower knows they are the most ideologically rigid and unforgiving of any higher education institutions.

I don't know what OP is looking for, but it she or he is looking for the old fashioned concept of liberal, aka a genuine tolerance of diversity of viewpoints, best places are probably the big state universities and southern schools. Faculty will be D voters but students are all across the spectrum with minimal pressure to hide their views.

I would guess this is women unwilling to date men who think they are second class citizens/shouldn't have bodily autonomy. I don't find that surprising at all, tolerating a view point doesn't require you to date them.

+1000

This was true for me and my peers in the 1990s and 2000s. And I expect it will remain the same for DD and her peers in the decade or two two come.

Dating has always been a self-sorting process. The only “new” part of this is the big jump in the number of very conservative young men without a similar shift from young women.

The result is that conservative men are facing a smaller dating pool. The same is true for liberal women, by the way. There’s a major population mismatch going on right now, but recent research shows that young women are more focused on first establishing a career than getting married and having kids. So there’s less disappointment/bitterness showing up from the women (and fewer mass shootings, too ….)

Based on what Ive seen, there's many more frustrated liberal single women than frustrated single conservative men who can't find spouses. NYC and DC are packed with childless single women and it's been observed that it's a significant factor behind the leftward drift of the Democratic party and the party's embracing of controversial social topics. Meanwhile married women continue to trend more centrist and even conservative. Being married and having children clearly brings out greater conservatism in people, for both men and women.

As for schools, most state schools are going to be more apolitical than political. The local regional university near me has everyone, more or less, and a pretty chill atmosphere. I concur with a PP who said most kids going to college aren't looking for politics or agonize over politics all day long.

No. Many most certainly do not want to raise kids with a conservative partner.

And many do. See how that works? Also, many liberal people label anyone who is even slightly to the right of them, "conservative" (or even "MAGA"). It's all very silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Define conservative. By definition, education learning new things, new approaches, meeting new people and ideas tends to be a liberal tenet.

One would think so. Unfortunately the progressive left has forgotten this. Statistics show they are the most intolerant, and now Democrats are more likely to refuse to date or be friends with conservatives and boasts of cutting off family and old friends over views is much more common on the left than the right. So I'd be careful in making these kinds of assumptions. Any pragmatic person who's been through the elite Ivory tower knows they are the most ideologically rigid and unforgiving of any higher education institutions.

I don't know what OP is looking for, but it she or he is looking for the old fashioned concept of liberal, aka a genuine tolerance of diversity of viewpoints, best places are probably the big state universities and southern schools. Faculty will be D voters but students are all across the spectrum with minimal pressure to hide their views.

No, in any University, all viewpoints are taught and explored. I don't know where you get the idea that this isn't true. The only 'viewpoints' you would find little tolerance for are racist, misogynist, and other discriminatory falsehoods -- but even those viewpoints (which are neither liberal nor conservative, but just morally wrong) are absolutely explored and discussed (and hopefully, for the peace of the whole world, rejected). Do you expect anyone to think those positions are OK?

There is a huge gulf between "women should have the option to stay at home because there are various benefits to it, but also the option to work, and public policy should support either decision because both have societal benefits (liberal) and women who chose a professional career “choose a path to misery” "instead of starting a family and having children” (JD Vance).

DP. I don't know *any* liberal woman who believes this. According to the liberal women I know, if you are a mother with kids who chooses to be a SAHM, you are a waste of space. And we see that very unfortunate attitude all the time right here on DCUM, a liberal bastion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:WashU is mostly liberal. UVA is mostly liberal. Purdue is mostly liberal. Define conservative?

+1 the more educated you are, the more likely you tend to lean liberal.

It isn’t so much as “liberal” as rational and reality-based.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University of Austin

A unaccredited school established … four years ago. By right-wing dipshits like Bari Weiss, venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale and Niall Ferguson.

Hard pass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Clemson is incredibly conservative. Not even close to moderate.

Also incredibly mid. As are all “universities” openly identifying as conservative.

Your career options will be forever limited with a degree from one. The stigma is real.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Define conservative. By definition, education learning new things, new approaches, meeting new people and ideas tends to be a liberal tenet.

One would think so. Unfortunately the progressive left has forgotten this. Statistics show they are the most intolerant, and now Democrats are more likely to refuse to date or be friends with conservatives and boasts of cutting off family and old friends over views is much more common on the left than the right. So I'd be careful in making these kinds of assumptions. Any pragmatic person who's been through the elite Ivory tower knows they are the most ideologically rigid and unforgiving of any higher education institutions.

I don't know what OP is looking for, but it she or he is looking for the old fashioned concept of liberal, aka a genuine tolerance of diversity of viewpoints, best places are probably the big state universities and southern schools. Faculty will be D voters but students are all across the spectrum with minimal pressure to hide their views.

No, in any University, all viewpoints are taught and explored. I don't know where you get the idea that this isn't true. The only 'viewpoints' you would find little tolerance for are racist, misogynist, and other discriminatory falsehoods -- but even those viewpoints (which are neither liberal nor conservative, but just morally wrong) are absolutely explored and discussed (and hopefully, for the peace of the whole world, rejected). Do you expect anyone to think those positions are OK?

There is a huge gulf between "women should have the option to stay at home because there are various benefits to it, but also the option to work, and public policy should support either decision because both have societal benefits (liberal) and women who chose a professional career “choose a path to misery” "instead of starting a family and having children” (JD Vance).

DP. I don't know *any* liberal woman who believes this. According to the liberal women I know, if you are a mother with kids who chooses to be a SAHM, you are a waste of space. And we see that very unfortunate attitude all the time right here on DCUM, a liberal bastion.

Uhm, I think mother usually denotes with kids though I don't know are you worried about JD Vance's "cat ladies?" I am a liberal mom with decades in the C Suite and now a board member on a few public boards. I made the decision to be a SAHM for my DC's last two years of HS, I wanted that for my child and me, my DH also stayed home for a few years with our DC and in between we had the most amazing nanny. I don't criticize others for their choices or make assumptions about the financial situations that limit those choices. At no time have I ever been treated as a waste of space nor do I treat others as though they are.