Why so many college students are conservative: observation [View All]

For one thing since the roll back of affirmative action, campuses are less and less diverse (rich vs poor). Thus, a higher percentage of students are from wealthy families who can afford to send them to college. The roll back of affirmative action has resulted in a decline of an economically diverse and well as racially diverse campus student bodies. There is less opportunity for the privileged to get to know and understand people from middle to lower income segments of our society.

There is also a very well-financed effort by the likes of Murdoch and Scaiffe to finance the publication of campus newspapers which are soley designed to further the conservative perspective.

Finally, the Patriot Act has send a very cold chill througout college campuses where students of all backgrounds would share their honest feelings without jeopardy. In today's climate, especially among foreign students, their is a fear of reprisal for expressing any views that dissent from the Bush policies.

It will take years to undo the this trend.