College classes taught mostly by liberals, study confirms

The Washington Post ^ | 03-30-2005 | The Washington Post

[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.

[Dad yer funny]

ping for an exhaustive,expensive study,...Soros,I need $4 million for whitewash and the cost of labor to apply said materials

[timtoews5292004]

The drugs I'm taking for my allergies make me loose my sense of humor. my wife even calls me "the grouch bear" until I make my annual visit to the allergist. I have a short fuse these days. All apologies.

[festus]

I'm kind of like the ivory-billed woodpecker -- believed to be extinct, but occasionally there are unconfirmed sightings.

Yup. Gramps swears he saw one of those........

;-)

[Paloma_55]

No apology necessary.

My humor misses most people. I really should have put the ;) in there.

Take care!