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- Prinzing and Vazquez’s analysis of 361,704 undergraduates at 740 colleges (1994-2019) showed that by 2020s, college graduates identify as liberal at double rate of non-graduates.
- 58 percent reported identity change, while those who shifted moved leftward, conservatives shifting more than liberals, who shifted right.
- Larger left shifts occurred among English/arts majors, women, higher-SAT students and at non-religious schools.
- A survey of 494 adults overestimated the college leftward shift by twofold.
