i meet hundreds of college teachers every year from all over the world, and they fall into the same proportions as the rest of the population: 20% right/libertarian, 20% left, and the rest don’t care. that they all might be communists is faulty, prejudiced thinking, which is common enough.
i’ll admit there is a slight leftward bias in tenured staff, but not much. maybe to 30% or so, at least here in the South. i’ll get my opportunity to wrench that figure since i’m up for tenure soon...yipee!
technically, i’m a “university” teacher (due to creepy internet stalkers i won’t name which—but you’d recognize the name instantly). that’s important because we’re a BIG “elite” school, and i’ll admit to little contact with many smaller regional schools outside of technical conferences.
“i meet hundreds of college teachers every year from all over the world, and they fall into the same proportions as the rest of the population: 20% right/libertarian, 20% left, and the rest don’t care. that they all might be communists is faulty, prejudiced thinking, which is common enough.
I hope you get tenure, although that is unfortunately what protects a lot of bad teachers also. Your proportions above of 20% leftist at Universities, especially in the field of History, is however, laughable. I think you need to go to a variety of public universities to get the real poop. However, good luck on your tenure effort.