"Many teachers insist personal politics don't affect teaching. But in a recent survey of students at 50 top schools by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a group that has argued there is too little intellectual diversity on campuses, 49 percent reported at least some professors frequently commented on politics in class even if it was outside the subject matter.
Thirty-one percent said they felt there were some courses in which they needed to agree with a professor's political or social views to get a good grade."
I haven't seen this survey, but it can't be that all the students who feel that "there is too little intellectual diversity on campuses" and "they needed to agree with a professor's political or social views to get a good grade" are conservatives. I'm sure students on the left feel exactly the same way.
One way you can solve this problem is to abolish grades for courses in the humanities and social sciences.
Conservative students aggrieved with the dearth of professors on the right in the humanities and social sciences ought to demand that professors be paid as well as business executives, corporate lawyers, and investment bankers. Then, men and women on the right would deign to take a second look at academic jobs. :-> -- Yoshie
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