[wideminded]

I wonder how much of this is self-selection. The study ignored the sciences and applied departments. How many Republicans actually want to be faculty members in the humanities? This probably has a lot to do with the leftward trend on many campuses.

In the early sixties Ithaca College was confined to some decaying buildings in the downtown area. It was hardly recognizable as a college. Then a brilliant president somehow did some land deals that made them wealthy enough to build an impressive new campus on South Hill. They used to specialize in music, physical education, and theatre. I don't know what has been happening there lately.

[Slyfox]

They used to specialize in music

They have a good reputation of pumping out pretty good music educators.