Brian Laird on WNYC, now to your calls and texts on how the politics at a particular college or the job market for college graduates affected your choice of schools this year.

Listener texts,

My daughter had her heart set on the University of Michigan since she was a freshman in high school.

However, even though she applied there and received admittance, she ultimately chose another school,

Washington University in St. Louis, due to the uncomfortable environment that persists at university at Michigan.

And this listener doesn't say uncomfortable in what way, but there's an indication that

politics. Oh, oh, and they texted again to say, uncomfortable environment for Jewish students,

according to this parent, at the University of Michigan. So there's an example right

off the bat. Adrian and Westfield, you're on WNIC. Say hello, Adrian. Yes, hi. So my son is a senior,

and he chose Providence College in Rhode Island.

And really what drove me to kind of support that choice was there,

they have a program called Department of Western Civilization,

which it takes every student regardless of their major or in the business school,

and they really look at the past from all different

perspectives. And it really focuses on kind of that liberal arts foundation and teaches them how

to think, which is, I think, really important in the age of AI. I am a law school professor

and AI is very concerning to me.

So that's really was the driver for that choice.

I'm really happy with that.

Really interesting, a very contemporary consideration.

Richard in Orange, who says it was a wrenching process, right, Richard?

Yeah, that's correct, Brian. Thank you for taking my call my fourth time getting

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