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| − | '''Bowdoin College''' is an institution of higher learning in Maine which turned arch-liberal in 1969. | + | '''Bowdoin College''' is an institution of higher learning in Maine which turned arch-liberal in 1969.<ref> [http://www.nas.org/articles/what_does_bowdoin_teach_how_a_contemporary_liberal_arts_college_shapes_stud What does Bowdoin teach? How a contemporary liberal arts college shapes students]</ref> |
* I suspect that most alumni and parents don't realize just how much the college leans left. And I further suspect, here taking my cue from my upper west side friends, that even liberal Bowdoinites would regret such ideological uniformity, on the grounds that it deprived students of the intellectual diversity necessary for the development of critical thinking. [http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1800/article_detail.asp] | * I suspect that most alumni and parents don't realize just how much the college leans left. And I further suspect, here taking my cue from my upper west side friends, that even liberal Bowdoinites would regret such ideological uniformity, on the grounds that it deprived students of the intellectual diversity necessary for the development of critical thinking. [http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1800/article_detail.asp] | ||
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Bowdoin College is an institution of higher learning in Maine which turned arch-liberal in 1969.[1]
- I suspect that most alumni and parents don't realize just how much the college leans left. And I further suspect, here taking my cue from my upper west side friends, that even liberal Bowdoinites would regret such ideological uniformity, on the grounds that it deprived students of the intellectual diversity necessary for the development of critical thinking. [1]