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> Can you say with an straight face that most universities, for example, aren't more extreme left than in the past? You shouldn't make a claim and then ask som
by uw_rob 9y ago
> Can you say with an straight face that most universities, for example, aren't more extreme left than in the past?
You shouldn't make a claim and then ask someone else to disprove it. What numbers are you basing this belief off of? How do you define extreme left? Do you consider beliefs like evolution and global warming to be extreme left view points?
According to [0] it seems that the number of professors who consider themselves liberal has increased by about 10% in the last 60 years. But the definition of liberal has become much more inclusive over the last 60 years as well, so I am not sure how meaningful this is.
[0] Gross, Neil. Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care? Most of my quick research was based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_bias_in_academia#cite_note-Gross1-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_bias_in_academia#cite_...