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Re:Why Are the Highly Educated So Liberal? by rwmj on Saturday May 14, 2016 @11:51AM (#11696630)
That's a circular argument. Why are education systems liberal?

And where's your evidence that earlier "most institutions had a conservative slant"?

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Re:Why Are the Highly Educated So Liberal? by kelukelugames on Saturday May 14, 2016 @11:54AM (#11696652)
I understand how a circular system can sustain itself, but then how did it turn from conservative to liberal?
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Re:Why Are the Highly Educated So Liberal? by koenigdavidmj on Saturday May 14, 2016 @12:03PM (#11696694)
A public, tax-funded university exists by coercion. This is going to attract the people who are results-driven and be repulsive to an ideology-driven person. Therefore, it can reasonably be expected to suggest coercion as an allowable tool for solving any problem.
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Re:Why Are the Highly Educated So Liberal? by vixen99 on Saturday May 14, 2016 @12:10PM (#11696730)
Under socialist ideology all universities are public and tax-funded.
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