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Are Liberal College Professors a Problem?

Thursday March 27th, 2008 4:00 PM by BHDC Staff
Filed under: David Horowitz, Politics

“One of the key arguments made by David Horowitz and his supporters in recent years is that a left-wing orientation among faculty members results in a lack of curricular balance, which in turn leads to students being indoctrinated rather than educated,” Inside Higher Ed notes today.

But is the issue really that big of deal?

“A study that will appear soon in the journal PS: Political Science & Politics accepts the first part of the critique of academe and says that it’s true that the professoriate leans left,” the IHE report continues. “But the study — notably by one Republican professor and one Democratic professor — finds no evidence of indoctrination. Despite students being educated by liberal professors, their politics change only marginally in their undergraduate years, and that deflates the idea that cadres of tenured radicals are somehow corrupting America’s youth — or scaring them into adopting new political views.”

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4 Comments to 'Are Liberal College Professors a Problem?'

1. Don Imus said:

Of course they are a problem. They try to convert young college kids to be liberal democrats. But after graduation most college students change to conservative Republicans when they wake up.

posted March 27th, 2008 at 4:38 pm | Quote

2. Duke Univ said:

Look what them Liberal scum teachers did to the Duke Lacrose players. They convicted them before the trial even began. Now they are being sued for ruing the careers of many Lacrose players

posted March 27th, 2008 at 4:40 pm | Quote

3. al Sharpton said:

All my teachers were ex-commune living socialist communist liberal heavy drug using LAZY because of the heavy drug use and fat. I did not let them brain wash me. After seeing how hatefull they were and scummy why would i want to be like them.

posted March 27th, 2008 at 4:55 pm | Quote

4. typical white person said:

I think that the article does little to explain the ridiculous…your children are educated by elite liberal professors, you get kids who have not learn the full complement of education.
Members of my family teach @ elite NE Universities and let me tell you they laugh about running off any conservative republican that comes to a tenure spot quickly. There is no guilt associated with not having any political discourse on campus @ the top 25 liberal arts colleges…so beware.
May sure that the college you pick for your child can demonstrate that there is a functioning (Young) Republicans group( trust me, this is the way to judge an entire school).
It does affect your child in the same way our elementary and secondary schools function…kids today know all about MLK but are clueless about the Civil War and WWI and WWII….
If you are paying for a balanced education, the professor should be able to teach a school of thought the they do not agree with, as well as the topics/theory that they feel is the correct one.
Preparation to be a citizen of the Unites States??Rhodes College in Tenneessee is tops…….

posted March 27th, 2008 at 6:39 pm | Quote

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