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Young Conservatives Like Me Are Told Not to Attend College. That's Shortsighted - Commentary

Christine Schueckler, a USA Today Opinion intern and a rising third year student at the University of Virginia, wrote: 

It’s no secret that American universities are steadily shifting toward the political left with no end in sight. Conservatives cringe at the massive budgets allotted to the payment of diversity, equity and inclusion staff, the rise of women’s and gender studies programs and the alleged omnipresence of critical race theory on college campuses, all gathered under conservatives’ favorite umbrella term, “indoctrination.” It certainly isn’t an easy time to be a conservative college student; I speak from experience. 


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