<p>I’d like to know of colleges that do not bias left or right, but TRULY walk the walk of liberal learning-and teaching-, which is an honest and free pursuit of truth regardless of how it might play to some preconceived bias, left or right.</p>
<p>A student at such a college would feel comfortable enough to express an opposing viewpoint to the prevailing or common views amongst students and still be thought of as a member of the community, since the community would be really grounded in the exploration and assessment of the arguments and the facts proferred. The good faith process to find the truth, in fact, would be the prime thing that is valued.</p>
<p>The same would be said of expressing a viewpoint to a professor who might harbor a view that is different than a students. I have even heard of stories of professors who would not give a good grade to a student who disagrees with a professor’s point of view on some political/religious issue, especially.</p>
<p>Maybe this might be called ‘Socratic U’ where all they know is that they do not know. Or would that be called, ‘Schultz U’ :)</p>
<p>I guess this could be a sister thread to the liberal/conservative list that I have seen on this forum.</p>
<p>Despite its reputation among some high school students as a “conservative” campus, I think Vanderbilt Univ. might offer the atmosphere you are looking for.</p>
<p>ISI puts out two college guides which cover about 150 colleges that might be of interest. While ISI is decidely conservative they provide evaluations that cover classical liberal arts. If you can find a copy at your local library (even an older revision) it would be worth a look. Choosing the Right College provides a conservative viewpoint of most of the top schools - left, right and center.</p>
<p>Speaking from my experience with my son’s search, I don’t know if these books are a good starting place for a college search. He seemed to do alright in coming up with a list on his own, although 3 or 4 are found in the pages of these books and he was interested to read about those schools. The books don’t cover all that many schools and probably leave out some good candidates. However, they do provide a considerable amount of information on a small number of school. Sample entries are here: <a href=“http://www.isi.org/college_guide/index.aspx[/url]”>http://www.isi.org/college_guide/index.aspx</a></p>
<p>Ultimately there is no substitute for visiting the schools, especially when classes are in session.</p>
<p>thanks, standrews. Great info. I like the term, ‘old fashioned liberal’.</p>
<p>from the link…</p>
<p>Free your mind
Facio liberos ex liberis libris libraque: </p>
<p>“I make free adults out of children by means of books
and a balance.” </p>
<p>–The motto of St. John’s College</p>
<p>THAT is cool stuff.</p>
<p>Today’s Wall St Journal has some interesting Op eds on the subject of ‘liberal’ in the context of the Iranian president visiting Columbia and Hoover Institute’s (Stanford) invitation for Rumsfield to join a study group on post 9-11 and Terror. Anyone with a premium version of WSJ can probably copy/paste the article in this space.</p>
<p>Out of curiousity, what college grad year is your son, and, what colleges are or were on his list?</p>