Yale College Republicans President Alleges Bias Against Conservatives in Admissions

“Conservative voices are silenced on campus by creating an environment that is not conducive to free speech, by creating an environment that is not welcoming”

Posted by Mike LaChance Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 12:00pm 1 Comment

This is easy to believe. Many people think this is what diversity statements were for: to weed out conservatives.

Campus Reform reports:

Yale College Republicans president: there is bias against conservatives in admissions process

Conservative voices are suppressed on Yale University’s campus, according to the founding president of Yale College Republicans.

The president, named Manu Anpalagan, told Campus Reform in an exclusive interview that the suppression starts with the assumptions that faculty and professors make about students’ political orientation, and being liberal is deemed the default.

“The professors automatically assume that you’re a liberal,” said Anpalagan. “It’s almost like they don’t even consider the option of there being alternative viewpoints within that class… And if you don’t follow that default ideology, there’s something wrong with you.”

“Conservative voices are silenced on campus by creating an environment that is not conducive to free speech, by creating an environment that is not welcoming,” Anpalagan added.

Anpalagan affirmed that he has many friends who have felt that they had to “actively suppress their own ideas in class” or be “disadvantaged when it comes to grading.”

For example, one of his friends—left unnamed—felt he needed to stay silent about his conservative beliefs.

According to the story, the friend was enrolled in an English class around the same time as the Sept. 10 murder of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk. The professor “insulted” Charlie Kirk in front of the whole class, reportedly making statements such as, “I don’t know who would go to that memorial service.”

The professor went on to talk about “what a shame it was that all these people are turning out to Arizona for Charlie Kirk’s memorial.”

According to Anpalagan, “The professor’s comments were so out of touch and inappropriate” that the entire class went completely silent.

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PostLiberal | April 14, 2026 at 2:36 pm

Yale College Republicans President Alleges Bias Against Conservatives in Admissions

Here is some documentation for that. How Diversity Punishes Asians, Poor Whites and Lots of Others.

It would come as no surprise to find out that leadership in extracurricular activities would help chances of admission to elite private colleges.

In the competitive private schools surveyed participation in many types of extra-curricular activities — including community service activities, performing arts activities, and “cultural diversity” activities — conferred a substantial improvement in an applicant’s chances of admission. The admissions advantage was usually greatest for those who held leadership positions or who received awards or honors associated with their activities. No surprise here — every student applying to competitive colleges knows about the importance of extracurriculars.,

However, certain extracurricular activities are more equal than others.

Besides the bias against lower-class whites, the private colleges in the Espenshade/Radford study seem to display what might be called an urban/Blue State bias against rural and Red State occupations and values. This is most clearly shown in a little remarked statistic in the study’s treatment of the admissions advantage of participation in various high school extra-curricular activities…

But what Espenshade and Radford found in regard to what they call “career-oriented activities” was truly shocking even to this hardened veteran of the campus ideological and cultural wars. Participation in such Red State activities as high school ROTC, 4-H clubs, or the Future Farmers of America was found to reduce very substantially a student’s chances of gaining admission to the competitive private colleges in the NSCE database on an all-other-things-considered basis. The admissions disadvantage was greatest for those in leadership positions in these activities or those winning honors and awards. “Being an officer or winning awards” for such career-oriented activities as junior ROTC, 4-H, or Future Farmers of America, say Espenshade and Radford, “has a significantly negative association with admission outcomes at highly selective institutions.” Excelling in these activities “is associated with 60 or 65 percent lower odds of admission.”

Some activities are more equal than others….

Yale College Republicans President Alleges Bias Against Conservatives in Admissions