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Unproven allegations? 1% of Harvard faculty identifies as conservative: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/7/13/faculty-survey-political-leaning/ https://

by lumb63 4y ago

Unproven allegations? 1% of Harvard faculty identifies as conservative: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/7/13/faculty-survey-political-leaning/ https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/7/13/faculty-survey-... 77% of students say professors espouse liberal ideas: https://freebeacon.com/campus/campus-conformity-college-students-say-they-self-censor-political-opinions-poll-finds/ https://freebeacon.com/campus/campus-conformity-college-stud... Other miscellaneous statistics: https://www.aei.org/articles/are-colleges-and-universities-too-liberal-what-the-research-says-about-the-political-composition-of-campuses-and-campus-climate/ https://www.aei.org/articles/are-colleges-and-universities-t... My own anecdote from my time as an undergrad at UConn: my ethics professor once said, verbatim, that anyone who supported a pro-life stance was, flat out, wrong. I watched conservative speakers come to campus and the associate vice president said that “even the thought of an individual coming to campus with [conservative views] can be concerning and even hurtful” [1]. This was after an “event review process” was stood up, ostensibly with the intent to moderate content that could be discussed at the university, following a right-wing speaker’s talk breaking out into violence after being called a Nazi and having his property stolen [2]. My own experience has been that “liberal indoctrination” correctly captures the magnitude of this effect. 1: https://www.dailywire.com/news/uconn-acts-uc-berkeley-offers-mental-health-daily-wire?utm_content=062316-news&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dwbrand https://www.dailywire.com/news/uconn-acts-uc-berkeley-offers... 2: https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/us/lucian-wintrich-uconn-speech https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/us/lucian-wintrich-uconn-spee...

aylmao 4y ago
Conservatism, by definition, opposes change. It disapproves of new ideas and philosophical innovation in favour of tradition. Universities have always been hotbeds for change, research, vanguard and protest against the standard. I'm not surprised there's so little conservatism there; it's an environment that attracts open-mindedness, not people who shy away from deep analytical reconsideration. For the latter, there's churches.
themitigating 4y ago
1.Prove that it's mass indoctrination, prove students take the political view of a professor. Alternate explaination: being educated increases the probability you'll become liberal 2.Anecdotes have no meaningful value and even if it did prove it.
- Manuel_D 4y ago
  > Alternate explanation: being educated increases the probability you'll become liberal This is essentially conceding the point the above commenter is making: American universities influences graduates to become more liberal.

by lumb63 4y ago

aylmao 4y ago

Conservatism, by definition, opposes change. It disapproves of new ideas and philosophical innovation in favour of tradition. Universities have always been hotbeds for change, research, vanguard and protest against the standard. I'm not surprised there's so little conservatism there; it's an environment that attracts open-mindedness, not people who shy away from deep analytical reconsideration. For the latter, there's churches.

themitigating 4y ago

1.Prove that it's mass indoctrination, prove students take the political view of a professor. Alternate explaination: being educated increases the probability you'll become liberal 2.Anecdotes have no meaningful value and even if it did prove it.

Manuel_D 4y ago
> Alternate explanation: being educated increases the probability you'll become liberal This is essentially conceding the point the above commenter is making: American universities influences graduates to become more liberal.