Study: Student Views Shift Left in College

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20081014/study-student-views-shift-left-in-college.htm

[The Christian Post] 14 Oct 2008--On issues such as abortion, gay "marriage" and religion, college students shift noticeably to the left from the time they arrive on campus through their junior year, new research shows.

The reason, according to UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute, isn't indoctrination by left-leaning faculty but rather the more powerful influence of fellow students. And at most colleges, left-leaning peer groups are more common than conservative ones.

After college, students — particularly women — move somewhat back to the right politically.