Is this the Academic version of the "Fairness Doctrine"?

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http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjdhZWM1NzFmZWQ4M2RmZWExN2NkOTNmN2FmZTY5MzY=

I guess it is just like the media though - not really biassed toward liberals, right?

OK you liberal enablers, making excuses for 27-0. That ratio doesn't even pass the smell test, and you know it. How does an unqualified lefty kook like Ward Churchill get hired? Likely only because he is a lefty - it doesn't seem possible that it was because of his academic prowess. And how about the 88 liberal Duke professors who came out against the lacrose players before the facts were known? Nice example there.

Answer 1

Thank-you for this question. The libs are still riding high on the hog, but because of talk radio, the net, and cable they are starting to lose their grip on this country and especially our courts and our universities. It may take quite a bit of time yet but we're on our way back to reality.
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Answer 2

No. (BTW--I am a historian). When a candidate is interviewed for a position, their political affiliation is not asked for. What is at issue is their ability to teach, do original research, and other professional qualifications.

However, there are not a lot of Republican historians. Partly it is due to the fact that the GOP has suffered a "brain drain" in the last 3 decades--highly educated people, regardless of political stance, are not going to associate themselves with the neocons.

The other factor is simple: very few conservatives pursue careeers in history or the social sciences (except economics). There's no pressure against them--at least I've never seen any (other than the occasional jerk--every group has a few!). In my own graduate program there are 2-3 (its a small program--about 30 grad students).

If you want to know why those on the more conservative end of the population show so little interest, you'll have to ask them (I know the answer--but there's no way to state it here without sounding partisan, and I really am trying to give you a serious answer--see my profile e-mail if you want the rest of the answer).

Answer 3

Crabby covered it pretty well, Used to do a lot of researching history, at a famous conservative think tank, with many academics from Eastern Bloc countries all were anti-Soviet, but after that most were liberal democracy types.

Answer 4

FACTS are liberal. Since Academics are concerned with facts and not spin, you see a "Liberal Bias".

Answer 5

They're now more like indoctrination centers. Let's not forget that Saudi Arabia has invested millions in our schools for just this very reason - to influence and weaken our young. The liberals only see the money they can get and do not consider the direction it will lead to.

Answer 6

No surprise there. Liberals can't handle an opposing opinion. It makes a mockery of their "open mind." It shows just how weak their positions usually are.

Answer 7

my schools full of democrats. wa wa wa wa..... if these 27 where hired because they where democrats and there fore (in peoples small limited minds) liberals. then that would be wrong. this whole thing in nonsense.

Answer 8

Somehow I'm not shocked that liberal academicians want to hire more liberal academicians.

Unfortunately, it takes students with some brains and strong backbones to keep your own beliefs in such a system.

Answer 9

yes