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kerry · #6 03-08-2004, 03:53 PM

There are lots of schools out there with deliberate non-left or rightist agendas. Lots of evangelical church colleges are like this.

But there are also lots of schools with no agendas at all. Large state universities have no official agenda. While there may be a lot of liberal or leftist professors, there is a big difference between individual professors agendas and an official institutional agenda. You will find Marxists in the social science departments and Capitalists in the economics and business departments.

There are serious drawbacks to small schools with institutional agendas. I know since I attended one. There is a distinct possibility that the institutional agenda will turn into propaganda at some point. By that I mean that the opposing points of view are not given a fair and objective hearing in the classroom and other parts of the college. Perhaps a bigger problem is that such schools attract a very homogenous student population that is unlikely to spur acts of deviant thought.
If a person wants a clear understanding of Marxism and Capitalism, or Theism and Atheism, it might be much better to go to a huge state or private university that has very large departments with lots of different kinds of people teaching there. Add to this the fact that uniformity of ideas amongst students at such schools is virtually non-existent and the value of the experience increases exponentially.