I am definitely skeptical of this initiative. It may be an effort to define “conservatism” by using this position as a scapegoat or straw man to attack TRUE conservatives.
I'm not surprised though I would have been in years past. I had a previous misconception that Boulder was very liberal because of the "hippy" culture and "granola" attire, the Mork and Mindy home, and the Mosaic Tea House. Especially compared to neighboring Colorado Springs ... home of the Navigators, Focus on the Family, etc. But in recent years while vacationing in Colorado I attended a local Bible church in Boulder and met some of the college profs who told me that they actually had a very large conservative group and that the percentage of conservatives/Christians actually competed with Col Springs. Surprising to say the least ...
The affirmative action activists won't put a social conservative in this kind of seat. They're pushing for a libertarian, an economy-centered Republican, or foreign policy hawk.
This is also an attempt to shortcut the necessary steps to reforming the university. What really needs to happen is to have conservatives encourage quality students to enter academia. Too often, conservatives deprecate the liberal arts in favor of the hard sciences.