<p>^^ This is quite similar to other experiences I have heard about at various colleges from real life students. I will not support any colleges getting a red light with ISI (don’t care about FIRE). Period. Fortunately, my boys don’t mind making their first cut with that in mind. There are so many other equally as good schools out there in any category.</p>
<p>My boys may, indeed, change their views when they get in college. My views now differ from those I was brought up with. However, I don’t want any change to be due to excessive peer (or prof) pressure. It does happen more often than many may like to believe. It wasn’t until getting out of college and getting involved with owning a business and other experiences that I saw a whole different side of life as my parents are involved in academia and I grew up in an extremely liberal area.</p>
<p>I suppose I fit Churchill’s quote mentioned earlier. My boys have at least had a more balanced beginning to their life (they’ve seen the business and my folks are still liberal). They don’t need a high pressure one-sided college. There are other choices out there for us.</p>
<p>To each our own. I’m sure the far liberal places appeal to many just as the far conservative places seem to. Those of us more in the middle can enjoy our preferences too, but I’d support far conservative before I’d support far liberal.</p>