Posted on 03/30/2005 11:44:13 AM PST by Crookie Monster
College classes taught mostly by liberals, study confirms March 30, 2005 UPDA0330 Latest: College faculties, long assumed to be a liberal bastion, lean further to the left than even the most conspiratorial conservatives might have imagined, a new study says. Within those ivy-covered halls: By their own description, 72 percent of those teaching at American universities and colleges are liberal and 15 percent are conservative, says the study being published this week. The imbalance is almost as striking in partisan terms: 50 percent of the faculty members surveyed identified themselves as Democrats and 11 percent as Republicans. The disparity is even more pronounced at the most elite schools, where, according to the study, 87 percent of faculty members are liberal and 13 percent are conservative. Missing: Conservatives, religion and women: "What's most striking is how few conservatives there are in any field," said Robert Lichter, a professor at George Mason University and a co-author of the study. "There was no field we studied in which there were more conservatives than liberals or more Republicans than Democrats. It's a very homogeneous environment, not just in the places you'd expect to be dominated by liberals." Religious services take a back seat for many faculty members, with 51 percent saying they rarely or never attend church or synagogue and 31 percent calling themselves regular churchgoers. On the gender front, 72 percent of the full-time faculty members are male and 28 percent female. About the study: The findings are based on a survey of 1,643 full-time faculty members at 183 four-year schools. The researchers used 1999 data from the North American Academic Study Survey, the most recent comprehensive data available. The study was funded by the Randolph Foundation, a right-leaning group.
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But there ARE unexpected bright spots! I'm married to a college professor who is a democrat and who would describe himself as a liberal. But he made two mistakes. 1) He married a conservative. 2) He developed the ability to think independently, rationally, and logically long ago. So, when his conservative, logical and rational wife explains all sides of the issues to him, he is able to see clearly. He is accused by his peers at the lunchtable sometimes of being corrupted and blinded by his wife. Of course, they never stop to see their own biases...
I could have given them the same conclusion for only half of the $5 million it costs them to study this issue.
Oops - sorry for the double post. Still learning here...
Nah... They try to convince themselves that they're NOT liberal!!!
This just in! Trees lose their leaves during the last part of the year when the weather grows colder.
this is not news - this is history, ignored for 30 years
Yeah, I guess I was in denial.
About half of my engineering professors had a real job on the side, consulting or something. I trusted those a lot more because they could actually apply what they were teaching - and probably make more money at it than they did teaching.
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LOLLOFLHHO
(little ole lady laying on the floor laughing her hiney off
Oh come on, I don't buy this. Next you are gonna tell me the media is run mostly by liberals!
I remember Carl Sagan, an exceptional scientist - he passed away some time ago - and he was just as full-blown liberal as he was smart.
It seems odd, but I suppose it depends less on one's intelligence than his understanding of and ability to deal with the real world. But it's hard to understand why someone intellectually endowed would hate America and want to destroy her.
In other news, Sun usually rises in the east.
as a teacher at a community college, I take offense to the second comment, at least in my case. I know that there are plenty of incompetant teachers out there. But I think it should be "Them that can, and choose to help others instead." At least in my case thats true.
Or Socialist captured Democratic Party following the steps laid out by Communist Russia decades ago and promised us by Nikita Krushev when he banged his shoe on the UN podium and yelled: "We will bury you within 50 years and we will not have to fire a shot!"
Some of the listed points, found later, were:
Infiltrating our schools, destroying the fabric of our society thru' destroying our music, art, literature, etc ---sound familiar?
You and Mary Matelin must both have some sort of disorder. Of course I hope your husband isn't as bad as James CarVILE.
And some that are spelling-challenged too. LOL! ;-)
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