The term “conservative” is used in American higher education to describe a number of accredited colleges that offer traditional or “classical” forms of education.
There are three basic types of conservative colleges and universities: Liberal Arts, Christian and Great Books. Each kind tends to:
- affirm a curriculum of required courses,
- be unafraid of religious faith, and
- maintain high academic standards.
Here is a representative sample of colleges called "conservative":
Traditional Liberal Arts
- Yorktown University (Internet)
- Hillsdale College
Christian Liberal Arts Colleges
- Grove City College
- Ave Maria University
- University of Dallas
- Biola University
- Regent University
- Liberty University
- Wyoming Catholic
- Southern Catholic
- St. Bonaventure
Great Books
- College of the Arts and Sciences (Internet)
- St. John’s College, Annapolis
- St. John’s College, Sante Fe
- Shimer College
- Thomas Aquinas College
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
- College of St. Thomas More
- Gutenberg College
- George Wythe College
- University of St. Thomas
- Mount St. Mary’s University
- Concordia University, Liberal Arts College (Montreal, Canada)
