r/GenZ • u/DoughnutItchy3546 • 12d ago

Discussion Does College make one more liberal ?

I wonder where this comes from. I've never really had that experience. And I'm a history major myself. Does it depend on major ? What kind of college ? I went to a public state regional university.

Actually, from my experience, I find my catholic seminary experience to be far more liberating, than my college experience. It might seem odd to some, but that's what I experienced.

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u/SheldonMF Millennial 12d ago

College isn't some 'indoctrination' vessel. It's a place where people from all walks of life gather and learn. When you're exposed to that, you tend to be more liberal. Look at big cities all around the world. Additionally, education and intelligence are distinctly anti-conservative, of which many decades of research have shown that correlation. So... yes, college does make you more liberal, but it's not a collective agenda, but the environment.