Public university education reduces authoritarianism through exposure to diversity

Evidence

Highs drop significantly in authoritarianism during public university education mostly, I think, because of the exposure to more diverse people and opinions. Parents should have the right to send their children to private schools. But doing so probably costs all of us in subtle ways. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3832

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the contact hypothesis and segregation-vs-integration education debates. — connects to: Democratic liberty and equality cannot survive without an educated public — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 368; Higher education amplifies science rejection among politically conservative Americans — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 141; Higher education reinforces obedience to authority rather than independent thought. — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as…, 17
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3832