Posted on 01/10/2005 5:00:09 PM PST by rface
I love City Journal. Glad other people are finding and reading. Keep spreadin the news....
That pretty well sums up ALL their threads.....
Some professors, however, need to be put in national headlines before they back off...
There is, maybe, a conservative shift in the student body. But the faculty is lagging these trends, and conservative professors are exceedingly rare on most campuses. Most departments are entirely controlled by leftists who will never knowingly hire a conservative or a professing Christian.
I don't see this changing in the foreseeable future, which probably means that many departments will simply atrophy or go out of business as students avoid them. Or, possibly, administrators will put their fingers in the wind, see the handwriting on the wall, and put these departments into receivership--i.e., bring in outsiders to do the hiring.
.......the battles wage on, and liberalism is on a loosing streak
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great news to hear about the rising numbers of College Republicans. Now if only some of them would enter academia themselves, then we'd see some real progress towards ideological diversity in academia. Right now the picture doesn't look too good from my perspective. I'm in a PhD program in philosophy at Rutgers, and of the 40 or so grad students in the program, there are a whopping 3 conservatives, including me. The rest are very liberal, and young too. I don't see how the situation is going to get any better as long as so many professors are liberal. When there are so few conservatives, there's really nothing to stop liberals from doing the most outrageous things like failing a kid for going to a conservative conference. So if you are a college student or know one, please consider a career in academia - we need you! Despite the liberals it's also alot of fun and the hours are great. The money isn't too bad either once you get out of grad school.
I teach (full time, just got tenure) on a college campus.
Started a Students for Academic Freedom (David Horowitz) club too.
Cool huh?
:O)
I'll think about it.
I agree, but one intelligent conservative with a backbone and who doesn't fear reprisal through grades, can go a long way toward checking the Leftism spewed from bigoted professors. I was one such student and my grades were excellent for the most part.
I even delivered a speech to an education class touting the potential merits of corporeal punishment in the classroom of public schools!!! Yes, I did it to be controversial, and yes I got a good grade on it. Like most bullies, when you stand up to them, they'll back down. Not all, of course, but we may as well step them down a bit. It's the only way Conservatism can be spread through academe.
congratulations!
congrats on tenure! It is very encouraging for undergrads to see successful conservative professors. The fact that my undergrad philo dept had several prominent conservatives in it really made my decision to go into academia alot easier. Good luck with the academic freedom club!
that's great - in many areas of the country, there's a great need for conservatives in the high school/jr high sector. Liberal high school teachers can do alot of damage - my socialist little sister is living proof of it. Also there's quite a need for science and math teachers all around.
Way cool.
Great to see I won't be alone in a few years when I begin college. If those professors want to mess with me, they don't know what they are getting into!
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These professors are aging former radical students who didn't have the guts to leave the campus. Since the purpose of a university is to encourage free speech and free thought, the fact that students are willing to stand up to these supposedly free-thinking professors can only be a good sign.
make sure you grab that bull by both horns - he's liable to gore you if you aren't careful
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