In the early 19th Century, the Unitarians "took over" Harvard from the Congregationalists. Since a great deal of academia is path dependent, academia has had

In the early 19th Century, the Unitarians "took over" Harvard from the Congregationalists. Since a great deal of academia is path dependent, academia has had a sort of Progressive bent, seemingly baked into the cake. ( I got this here; I forget which essay it is http://home.earthlink.net/~flyingdragongoddess/indexa.html#peter http://home.earthlink.net/~flyingdragongoddess/indexa.html#p...) Modern Movement Conservatism isn't very close to the sort of values that academia embraces. It's not even close to what an academic might consider Conservatism ( Burke, Oakeshott ). A lot of Conservatives come from dealing with regulation and tax codes - that's unlikely to happen to academics. And I still think Arnold Kling's Three-Axis Model is fantastic. http://www.amazon.com/Three-Languages-Politics-Arnold-Kling-ebook/dp/B00CCGF81Q http://www.amazon.com/Three-Languages-Politics-Arnold-Kling-...