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I agree and wish there were more 'viewpoint diversity' in academia, in addition to gender, racial, and cultural diversity. Social sciences should allow for mor
by tzm 10y ago
I agree and wish there were more 'viewpoint diversity' in academia, in addition to gender, racial, and cultural diversity. Social sciences should allow for more freedom of thought without fear of being ostracized. There is a reason why academia is a polarizing environment: personal ideologies of social psychologists can influence how the topic is studied. As such, for example, conservatives have little influence in the scholarly disciplines. Less that 10% of professors in these fields identify as conservative [1].
I hope more institutions can look at viewpoint diversity more closely [2].
[1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-social-science-politically-biased/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-social-science...
[2] http://heterodoxacademy.org/2015/09/10/welcome-to-heterodoxacademy/ http://heterodoxacademy.org/2015/09/10/welcome-to-heterodoxa...