| CMC did a survey of the distribution of students' political orientations a year or two ago, asking them whether they were very liberal/liberal/moderate/conservative/very conservative, and wound up with an almost-perfect bell curve. That may seem equitable but it's actually pretty uncommon for a prestigious liberal arts college. It's very conservative compared to all of its peers.
As a member of the Claremont community, I can attest to the conservatism inherent in the school overall--they're constructing a business school and tearing apart a lot of their strongest departments in the process. Their real intention in teaching and recruiting is to send as many students as possible on to become politicians. Don't get me wrong, it's a great climate if that is what you want to do, but whatever the distribution of their students' political orientation may indicate, Pomona is a far more balanced place. |