The Education Exchange: Students Lean Liberal Upon Arrival to College, Shift Further Left by Graduation

But extremism is low, shifts are moderate, and most students remain centrist

Photo of Paola SapienzaPaola Sapienza, the J-P Conte Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how political opinions are represented on college campuses, with more students closer to the center than not.

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