While I agree with the general sentiment, the article makes a pretty poor argument. One one hand, they cite research saying that gender and racial diversity c

While I agree with the general sentiment, the article makes a pretty poor argument. One one hand, they cite research saying that gender and racial diversity can improve performance and creativity, and then they go on to talk about the lack of political diversity. If want you want is a diversity of ideas (and political views are only ideas, gender and race are not), then academia is full of competing thoughts about nearly every topic. I surely wouldn't want to force a biology department to hire people who deny that evolution occurs...