Swarthmore and Leftism

arador
Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:17:17 +0000

I had a young-earth-creationist friend at Swarthmore. It was tough for him at times—he may have been denied the chance to be an RA due to his conservative POV—but I generally think Swarthmore overplays its liberal credentials. I came expecting a far more liberal school than I found. Social liberalism is huge, of course. Opposing gay marriage openly, for example could get you into some very serious and confrontational (verbal) fights, though there is a reasonably active pro-life organization.

But there are quite a few libertarians, foreign-policy-hawks, and economic conservatives. Even among the professors.