How liberal are students at Oberlin?

shennie
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:16:53 +0000

Son just finished his freshman year. He is pretty liberal in his thinking and non-religious. He loves Oberlin, but one thing he really dislikes is that he feels too many students are too dogmatic. His experience is that students who take conservative stands on issues are readily dismissed by their peers. He says he has also seen it happen occassionally in his classes as well. Like I said, he really likes the school, but finds that people are not really interested in an open dialogue with differing opinions.