[DoctorMichael]

Mind if I ask where you are?

I'm at the University of Virginia.

.........9/10's conservative.......

I wish! As I've said on these very cyber-pages in the past.......In a building of maybe 500 people, I can count the Conservatives on one hand. Charlottesville was one of the towns that voted against the war, and we just had Ted Rall give a talk here on HIS book tour.

One of the Chinese students I had working for me whose three years were 'up', and so was supposed to return to the glorious People's Republic never got on the plane and just disappeared into the woodwork. I could on............LOL

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

My son and daughter in law both graduated from UA here, and they've told me that they kept their opinions to themselves and answered test questions, etc., in a way the professor would approve of, with this exception in the case of my son. He did the last half of his junior year and his entire senior year through an external degree program, and the professors he drew through that program tended to be more conservative. I wish I had taught him to stand up for his beliefs in a stronger manner.

He did his final paper on terrorism, however, and did such an excellent job on it that his professor is using it as a reference for himself and his other students. (off/proud mama)

Perhaps you can tell me if liberal professors go easier on adult students expressing conservative views (i.e. adults going back to school) than on the typical 18 - 22 year old. Just wondering.

[Slings and Arrows]

You're in a higher-tier school than I am (Coastal Carolina University). I've spent my brief career in regional universities, and based on my very limited sample the faculty and students in such places tend to be more conservative. I do suspect that I got very lucky, and I'm very glad to be where I am.

Best of luck.

[putupon]

I'm at the University of Virginia

Wahoowa, Med School Faculty? I'm impressed.