Also, the survey they mention in that article was conducted by the American Enterprise Institute and had some really stunning (and probably deliberate) methodological flaws, such as including a vastly disproportionate number of women's studies profs.
--- Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> wrote:
> >[lbo-talk] Communist Party 'hit list' denounced -
> INQ7.net
> >Kevin Robert Dean Qualiall at Adelphia.Net
> >Sat Dec 25 20:28:58 PST 2004
> <snip>
> >And here is our local 'hit list USA'
> >
>
>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Academic%20Freedom
> >
> >Saturday, December 25, 2004 · Last updated 9:22
> a.m. PT
> >
> >Conservative students target liberal profs
> >
> >By JUSTIN POPE
> >AP EDUCATION WRITER
> <snip>
> >Full
>
><http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Academic%20Freedom>
>
> "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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