[MineralMan]

"Ithaca College is private. Local Republicans haven't accused them of doing anything illegal, just of being hypocritical. The college pays huge lip service to "diversity" and has enshrined it as one of its major goals in its mission statement.
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OK, I see. Don't see what they expect to accomplish, though. The college will do what it wants to, being a private institution.

Maybe it's time to start some conservative private colleges. I know there are lots of conservative church-based colleges, but what about non-religious ones. How come conservatives don't get busy and start some good colleges of their own?

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I think there is a chance of bringing about change, even in a private institution.

This kind of publicity troubles colleges, particularly if they think that it could hurt them with HS students and their families thinking of applying, or with alums upset to see that their faculty has been hijacked by the left.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I think it is also important to remember that private colleges like IC live and die in part on alumni support. Alumni have complained about liberal bias there before, especially after the ubiquitous Professor Barlas wrote an article for the alumni magazine about September 11 that said, in effect, we had it coming. IC probably does not want its alumni donors to realize just how skewed the college's politics are.