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, done by education marketing and consulting firm Echo Delta, found that 76% of high school students take state and campus political climate into consideration before deciding where to continue their educations. Weighed against other considerations, such as cost, education quality, and school location, political concerns account for about 20% of the final decision, according to the report.
The analysis comes after the spring semester saw chaotic pro-Palestinian protests and encampments that disrupted campus and graduations at colleges across the country. Many of the agitators plan to continue those protests as the fall semester starts in the coming weeks.
While left-leaning students are most concerned about attending school in Texas, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and South Carolina, conservative students are most worried about California and New York. This graph, titled “Impact of State and Campus Politics on College Choice,” shows the percentage of students who indicated whether a campus’s political climate would affect their attendance.
Eleven percent of students say they are highly politically active, and the majority of those students are liberal. After freedom of speech, the next top concerns are the ability to get an abortion , gun control , voting rights , and LGBT issues .
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