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Why Are Graduates More Socially Liberal? Estimating the Effect of Higher Education on Political Values Through Variation in University Experience.

Previous research has found that attending university results in an individual being more socially liberal and less racially prejudiced, accounting for a variety of alternative explanations. Yet what is it about university that induces this change in political values? This is the question this artic...

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Published in:Political Studies Vol. 73; no. 2; pp. 885 - 904
Main Author: Scott, Ralph
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. May2025
Subjects:
Geographic mobility
Social values
Social change
Educational benefits
Political science education
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