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]

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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

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[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

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[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.