Schools With The Most Liberal Students

Schools With The Most Liberal Students by: Naomi Nishihara on June 13, 2017 | 0 Comments Comments 2,448 Views June 13, 2017College campuses tend to be full of young liberals. After all, according to the famous quote, If you are not a liberal at twenty, you have no heart and if you are not conservative at thirty, you have no brain.And campuses are getting more liberal each year, according to the Higher Education Research Institute, which  has been surveying college freshmen on their world views for 50 years. Of this years freshmen, 71% said that colleges should prohibit racist/sexist speech on campus, and 43% said that colleges have the right to ban extreme speakers from campus. This is nearly twice as high as the percentage of students saying that in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.In most cases, campus liberalism is associated with safe spaces, free speech, and peaceful protests. But there have certainly been some extreme examples of college liberalism gone wild. Most recently, Everg reen State College in Washington has been in the news, after a mob of students confronted evolutionary biology professor Bret Weinstein, calling for him to be fired. Weinstein, a self-proclaimed liberal, had objected to a campus Day of Absence, where white student were asked to leave campus to draw attention to  institutional racism.Whether youre looking to for a school with like-minded individuals, or youre a young republican hoping to avoid the Weinstein-treatment,  The Princeton Reviews annual list of schools with the most liberal students might be a good resource. The lists are based on surveys where students assess their personal political views, and  PoetsQuants has complied the most recent ones  below.Evergreen State College didnt make the cut this year, but it has in the past.Ranking The ‘Most Liberal Students’ From 2017-2014.tftable {font-size:12px;color:#333333;width:100%;border-width: 1px;border-color: #729ea5;border-collapse: collapse;}.tftable th {f ont-size:12px;background-color:#acc8cc;border-width: 1px;padding: 8px;border-style: solid;border-color: #729ea5;text-align:left;}.tftable tr {background-color:#d4e3e5;}.tftable td {font-size:12px;border-width: 1px;padding: 8px;border-style: solid;border-color: #729ea5;}.tftable tr:hover {background-color:#ffffff;}.tftable {font-size:12px;color:#333333;width:100%;border-width: 1px;border-color: #729ea5;border-collapse: collapse;} .tftable th {font-size:12px;background-color:#acc8cc;border-width: 1px;padding: 8px;border-style: solid;border-color: #729ea5;text-align:left;} .tftable tr {background-color:#d4e3e5;} .tftable td {font-size:12px;border-width: 1px;padding: 8px;border-style: solid;border-color: #729ea5;} .tftable tr:hover {background-color:#ffffff;}2017 Rank School2017 Rank2016 Rank2015 Rank2014 RankSarah Lawrence College1412Bennington College2231Marlboro College3155Reed College49814Ithaca College5NRNRNREarlham College65NRNRScripps College77NRNRGrinnell College81813NRBard Col lege9344Warren Wilson College10623Oberlin College11NRNR19Mills College12141516College of the Atlantic131068Whitman College14NRNRNRHamilton College15NRNRNRCarleton College16NRNRNRClark University17NRNR18Mount Holyoke College18NRNRNRSkidmore College19121210Brown University20NRNRNRBeloit CollegeNR8713New College of FloridaNR1196Pitzer CollegeNR131415Macalester CollegeNR15117Vassar CollegeNR16169Evergreen State CollegeNR171817Smith CollegeNR1910NRBrandeis UniversityNR20NRNROccidental CollegeNRNR1712Lewis Clark CollegeNRNR1911Swarthmore CollegeNRNR20NRHarvard CollegeNRNRNR20Source: The Princeton ReviewDONT MISS UNIVERSITIES WITH THE MOST LIBERAL STUDENTS (2010-2014)   Page 1 of 11