A recent study showed the ratio of Democrat professors to Republican professors is 11.5 to 1. In the northeast it’s 28 to 1. There are reasons to believe this could be an issue. If a kid doesn’t think for himself he could get a left leaning brainwashing in college. The more top tier the school the more likely to be loaded with Democrat professors.
As young adults my kids are registered Republicans. Ideologically they’re right leaning Libertarians. In college they decided play along, tell the professors what they want to hear and take the A. It didn’t change the quality of the education they received. In fact, it probably helped them to think through the debate away from class.
My daughter wasn’t penalized for her political views. She was a member of the Young Republicans. She was still named editor of the Law Review.