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.

[Crookie Monster]

Here's a shocker for everyone!

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I'm glad I was sitting down.

[KOZ.]

NSS

[RockinRight]

In other news:

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Hell Hot, say experts
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[hobbes1]

Gee, and Water is wet, and Ice is cold.....

[Russ]

I could have conducted the same study when I was in college in 1967 and the results would have been the same. Nothing new here, folks, move on...

[timtoews5292004]

The crazy liberals at the ACLU have done a lot of changing in this country using legal words instead of bombs.

[antienvironmentalist]

What's most striking is how few conservatives there are in any field

Yeah, that happens when you create an environment of blind hatred surrounding all conservative ideas.

[mainepatsfan]

Wow!! Next thing you know they'll tell us most NEA members are registered Democrats!

[OldFriend]

If we as parents do our job, they can't 'teach' our kids anything.

[dfwgator]

Water is wet, study confirms.

[Paloma_55]

PMS Primarily a Women's Issue

Full story at 11...

[Serenissima Venezia]

"There was no field we studied in which there were more conservatives than liberals or more Republicans than Democrats.

Odd. I remember reading on engineering.com about a poll done how how engineers voted in '04: 55% Bush vs. 33% Kerry. I was holding out hope that that engineering, math, and physical science professors were intelligent...

[Paleo Conservative]

That's a lie. They aren't liberals, they're leftists.

[austinite]

Most accidents happen unexpectedly, Harvard study confirms.

[Paloma_55]

Sunburn Mostly Occurs During Day

Full story at 11...

[Serenissima Venezia]

"There was no field we studied in which there were more conservatives than liberals or more Republicans than Democrats.

Odd. I remember reading on engineering.com about a poll done how how engineers voted in '04: 55% Bush vs. 33% Kerry. I was holding out hope that that engineering, math, and physical science professors were rational and logical.

[Paloma_55]

Dinosaurs Extinct!

Full story at 11...

[twigs]

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...

[KidGlock]

I could have given them the same conclusion for only half of the $5 million it costs them to study this issue.

[Paloma_55]

Odd. I remember reading on engineering.com about a poll done how how engineers voted in '04: 55% Bush vs. 33% Kerry. I was holding out hope that that engineering, math, and physical science professors were rational and logical.

Hint: Real World

2nd Hint: Them that can does, them that can't...

[Serenissima Venezia]

Oops - sorry for the double post. Still learning here...

[Toidylop]

Nah... They try to convince themselves that they're NOT liberal!!!

[Luna]

This just in! Trees lose their leaves during the last part of the year when the weather grows colder.

[maine-iac7]

College classes taught mostly by liberals

this is not news - this is history, ignored for 30 years

[Serenissima Venezia]

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.

[maine-iac7]

In other news:

Bear Sh*ts in Woods, scientists baffled

Hell Hot, say experts

Harvard Study Proves Pigs Can't Fly, Piglet Injured in Experiment

Most Stupid People "Not Too Bright" says Yale Professor

Pope is Indeed Catholic, says study

LOLLOFLHHO

_{(little ole lady laying on the floor laughing her hiney off}

[Always Right]

Oh come on, I don't buy this. Next you are gonna tell me the media is run mostly by liberals!

[Marauder]

I was holding out hope that that engineering, math, and physical science professors were rational and logical.

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.

[VRWCmember]

In other news, Sun usually rises in the east.

[Paloma_55]

hmm there is a correlation between people being professors and being liberal. Since Professors are in a profession that demands a high level of intelligence, is it possible that this simply means that most smart people agree with liberal philosophies?

Since intellectual pursuits often demand little in the way of physical effort, one could also infer that "Lazy people tend to be liberal".

Now this does not explain why field workers and other blue collar laborers are traditionally liberal, but then one could assume a bi-modal distribution with the lazy folks and the stupid folks combining to make up a liberal base.

[timtoews5292004]

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.

[maine-iac7]

Crazy Liberals always thinking they can change the world with words instead of bombs.

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?

[Spruce]

Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!

[VRWCmember]

You and Mary Matelin must both have some sort of disorder. Of course I hope your husband isn't as bad as James CarVILE.

[VRWCmember]

I know that there are plenty of incompetant teachers out there

And some that are spelling-challenged too. LOL! ;-)

[twigs]

Uh, NO!!! He's very nice looking, honest and thinks clearly. Huge difference!

[maine-iac7]

hmm there is a correlation between people being professors and being liberal. Since Professors are in a profession that demands a high level of intelligence, is it possible that this simply means that most smart people agree with liberal philosophies

the correlation is: Conservative/Republicans need not bother to apply.

What part of that equation have you not seen in the past 30 years?

Same ratio in MSM - etc etc

If you think this all came about because of a concentration of "intelligence" - you may either have a deficiency of active gray matter or think we do?

[Comus]

You are exactly right. My daughter attended an elite east coast womyn's college, where you can get a degree in lesbian studies and similar crap. She did not deviate from her upbringing. As we like to say in the South "She was Raised Right."

[mhking]

In other news, sky is blue, water is wet. Details at 11.

Just damn.

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[VegasCowboy]

"PMS Primarily a Women's Issue
Full story at 11..."

Apparently you're not married. :)

[tiamat]

I still want to know where I can get a Grant to kite this stuff

[KarlInOhio]

So, when his conservative, logical and rational wife explains all sides of the issues to him, he is able to see clearly.

And the couch is too uncomfortable to get a good night's sleep on.

[Fintan]

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[OldFriend]

It was hard work, but we made sure that we lived our values and made sure they understood our values.

We always respected others but made them aware that there WAS a right and wrong.

Both were in the sciences but still had to endure the occasional 'liberal' classes.