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The civic failure of American higher education

By Alliance Alert

R.R. Reno writing at First Things, On The Square: "Why academia is so relentlessly homogeneous is a difficult question to answer . . . Once we strip out the natural scientists, who rarely weigh in on cultural and political issues, the percentage of self-described conservatives in academia drifts down to around 4 percent of all faculty . . . Anecdotal evidence suggests a more plausible answer. There is widespread blackballing of conservative job candidates in the hiring process, and an atmosphere of intense hostility discourages conservative undergraduate and graduate students from going forward in academia. Consider one topic of controversy in the public square. Although voters consistently reject same-sex marriage, it?s hard to think of a single elite school where a published argument against same-sex marriage . . . "

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on February 23, 2010 (boomark / email).