Ideological "balance" at Princeton

Colleges & Universities Princeton University
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<p>Given some of the discussions here regarding Princeton’s ideological bent, I thought this article, from a student’s point of view, would be helpful and informative.</p>

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“When selecting a college, Baehr again rejected the comfortable. Though he considered attending schools where he would find more fellow conservatives (Vanderbilt, Florida State), Baehr ended up deciding between two relatively liberal institutions: Stanford and Princeton. He selected Princeton over Stanford, he explains, “because at Stanford there was no one who shared my political foundation.”
At Princeton, Baehr saw a “political balance” lacking at other prestigious schools. “I was willing to be engaged with liberal professors, but I wanted to find some people with similar views,” he says.”</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nassauweekly.com/view_article.php?id=197[/url]”>http://www.nassauweekly.com/view_article.php?id=197&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>It has been proven that the higher your education the more likely you are to be liberal and that professors are very likely to be liberal. Thus the majority of universities will have a large liberal voice. The Ivies on the other hand (because of their relatively large number of “upper class” students) also have vocal conservative populations. No matter where you go you’ll find someone who shares your views. I used to be worried too but I think I would rather go somehwhere where I could be exposed to differing opinions rather than somwhere where i feel completely “comfortable”. After all “You can’t have beliefs until they are challenged” (I forget who said that). GL</p>