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Well, I tend to agree with X that, in general, Probably, most University profs are “liberal” (Ie, Clinton-ish, Obama-ish, Democrat-ish)
There’s a right wing mantra on that but it exists because it’s vague. Different fields tend to attract different types. Business, engineering, and economics for example are not dominated by “liberals.” Just the opposite. The hard sciences are iffier. The humanities tends to attract liberals but then that’s not entirely true of history. And so on. On top of it, college and university administrations are more than ever attracting career administration types and they tend to be conservative. At the same time administration is expanding, tenured faculty are shrinking, so what you end up with is administrators dominating a very large population of part-timers, and part-timers do not have the standing or resources to be a voice in the overall university or college. It’s dominated cheap labor. They have no voice in policy.
My own experience is that with requirements being what they are in higher education, students are exposed to a wide range of types.
I’ve read actual real study after study that confirms all of the above.
In terms of right-wing site style writing about universities and colleges, what I have encountered from that world I find to be uselessly paranoid and sensationalist.
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Well, I’d have to see these studies. And I’d have to see how they are ‘defining’ right and left, etc. Course I’d also have to talk to each rightwinger that thinks the universities are too ‘liberal’ — I mean some rightwingers think anyone who is pro-choice is ‘too liberal’. Etc, etc, and so forth.
Its complicated. In general though, i think its true most Univ-profs lean left, if by left we mean lean Democrat. Though i do agree there are differences based on whether its social science or hard science etc etc etc.
My main point though is that MY own complaint (as opposed to the rightwingers complaints) is that the Universities lean REP/DEM. Just like every other institution in Amerika. That there would be my complaint. 🙂
SOMETHING is making amerikans into political-idiots, zn. Something. So, is it the water? What would your answer be to the question: What is making Americans vote for the two-parties that screw them over everyday? If its not the Universities, public schools, government, and the Media — what is it?
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