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I wonder if we will see a split in "blue" and "red" schools?
I've never visited the College of the Ozarks known as "Hard Work U", but I would hazard a guess the campus climate would differ dramatically from Berkeley.
But even Stanford, across the way from Berkeley and where I have recent experience, considered to be a "conservative" school, isn't very conservative.
At best it's centrist, and that's probably a bit of a stretch based on its long/old decreasing in relevance ties with government/DOD R&D.
Will parents and students be placing increasing relevance and weighting on real/perceived university location on the political continuum and other factors like active/passive support for social justice campaigning.
I'm simply not paying for my kids to attend a university where they will be indoctrinated into becoming a useful idiot for the bad guys.....or worse....an active auxiliary/underground member.
Conformity & confirmation bias are incredibly powerful tools that can be used for malignant purposes.
US News & World Report(and others) annually develop University ranking systems.
With kids due to attend university in the next 5+ years, it's a fast growing consideration of mine.
I wonder if anyone can/will rate Universities for political spectrum/activism bias?
College of the Ozarks admission rate(8%) couldsomeday become even more selective than my alma mater Stanford(5%) if universities fail to find a genuine neutral position and stick to it.
I hope genuine and measurable political neutrality becomes "a thing" for universities in the near future.
Otherwise, looking at specific schools like College of the Ozarks and their application/acceptance/growth rate trends might become quite interesting indicators.
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