[dforest]

Ans so is my son after years at Indiana University, and University of Colorado.

All it is anymore is indoctrination.

Smart kid was conservative until college.

[pnh102]

In what did your children major? I did 4.5 years in a state school majoring in Computer Engineering and I think I ended up more right-wing than I was when I started.

[rabscuttle385]

All it is anymore is indoctrination.

Depends on the major, on the professors, and...on who the student associates with, within his or her peer group, at the school.

Smart kid was conservative until college.

I was a raging Big Government neocon Bushbot/McCainiac when I got to UVA. [Hell, I would have agreed wholeheartedly with McCain's positions on amnesty, bailouts, wars, etc. at that time.]

I am not sure if it was solely due to college ethics coursework, but after getting my first paycheck (replete with line items for taxes withheld) and running into a few financial bumps along the road, I didn't swing just "conservative"...I swung libertarian.

As for the rest of this thread, I am a tad disheartened by some Freepers' attitude towards formal education. Going to college can be a good thing, so long as you recognize that it's just a means towards achieving your life goals and that taking out loans to the tune of $30K+/year for a Vanderbilt music degree is just plain silly. [Several of my friends are cases in point on that last one.] Of course, if you've got the cash to burn, by all means, go for it.