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Conservative vs. Liberal |
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thanks, and also |
| Date Posted: |
03/19/2001 |
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Hi,
I currently work at Georgetown Law, and I can tell you there definitly is a strong social liberal bias, as well as a sympathy for economic modern liberals. I enjoy that environment, because I myself am a social liberal who found my undergrad experience at a socially conservative undergrad institutiotn to detract from my learning experience. I have also been applying to law schools this cycle, and have a good idea which lean to the left and which to the right on social issues (all top tier schools except Yale are comfortable places for economic conservatives, the wall street republican types). Most top tier schools lean to the left on social issues. The exceptions, unsurprisingly, are the top southern schools. That would be UVA, Duke, and U Texas. Even there professors will lean to the left, but the student body will lean to the right on social issues. Among the most elite schools, U Chicafo and Harvard have their social conservative constituencies, including in the faculty. Yale and Stanford are socially to the left, although Stanford is strongly economic conservative. I'm painting with a broad brush, but we both know that atmosphere does count. And as the other poster advised, for god's sake don't argue with professors, or take a position opposite to their bias on an exam. At least that's what I've been told by others a little bit ahead of the two of us. Best of luck.
P.S. Almost all elite academics are social liberals for a reason: they are wise enough to understand the benefits of an open society- it is the meritorious elites that benefit the most. |
| Message: |
thanks for the post, it was very informative. but i have to add something about why academia is liberal....they are by in large poor, without much upside potential.
now they arent dirt poor, but they are overqualified when you consider how little they make with those advanced degrees. they are never going to be rich, really rich. so why do they care how bad the conservative rich folk get screwed.
obviously, this does not pertain to social issues, only to capitalism. its the upside people! the american dream, the potential for unlimited wealth. professors, for various reasons, have sacrificed this dream, so of course they are left wing socialists.
and dont even get me started about academic social liberal bias. dont get me wrong, i am not a social conservative. its all about the money to me, i dont give a damn about any social issues. i just think that professors live in some dream world that doesnt exist, a philosophical utopia. wake up.
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