Abstract:

This study examines the effect of higher education on democratic-libertarian attidude. For this aim, students` support for democratic civil rights and liberties are accepted as an indicator. The survey based on this study made among the students of Uludağ University Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculty in Turkey. According to the results we can generally comment on this, more democratic-libertarian attitude is seen at upper classes and also successful students are more democratic-libertarian than others. The results are consistent with the classical argument that education affects democratic-libertarian attitude positively.

Keywords: Higher Education, Democratic Personality, Democratic-libertarian attitude