Diversity of Everything but Thought

Mr. Adams ansers all those questions and more in subsequent articles. You should read through them as they are quite eye-opening.

I'm still waiting, however, for any data from anybody to counter that the rather limited evidence presented here is not on target.

I would just like to sum up my thoughts on this whole thing. I believe you when you say, and others report, that more Democrats are college professors than Republicans are. I even believe that some of those professors teach their ideology in the classroom. But there are so many colleges, so many professors, and so many subjects offered that I just don't see that this is a big enough problem to warrant action (other than individual action) -- especially not the kind that is suggested in the article you posted earlier. The problem with your man's argument and with many of your own arguments is that he states one fact (ratio of Republicans to Democrats working in universities) and then proceeds to extrapolate this to mean that universities are flooded with liberal idealism. Needless to say, it's not exactly evident.

As for anecdotal evidence, every single one of these stories about this teacher saying he doesn't like republicans or that student getting an F on his paper is anecdotal evidence. And the whole case for there being a great infection of liberal idealism on college campuses is built on this evidence.

I think that if a young Democrat or Republican has his/her ideas challenged in college that is generally a good thing as there are very few 18-22 year olds who have well thought out political positions in the first place and they might as well explore why they think what they think. That's if they actually have any political persuasion at all. Tough nuts if it isn't done in a sweet and kind and respectful way. College is not a picnic.

And all due respect, fox, your whole point is one to illustrate victimization.

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And if the data is correct--and there is an awful lot of it out there that suggests it most likely is--then the liberal ideology is prevalent on college campuses and conservative students may be disadvantaged or especially challenged as a result of it.

kind of shows that.

Perhaps, but the data presented so far does so far support the conclusions that there is a problem. I personally would like to know if there is any evidence, other than incidental anecdotal evidence, to make another conclusion logical.

In his comments on budgets and funding, the man is a college professor and department head with a PhD in economics and I would say that is sufficient credentials for him to be his own expert in that field.

And if the data is correct--and there is an awful lot of it out there that suggests it most likely is--then the liberal ideology is prevalent on college campuses and conservative students may be disadvantaged or especially challenged as a result of it.

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In his comments on budgets and funding, the man is a college professor and department head with a PhD in economics and I would say that is sufficient credentials for him to be his own expert in that field.

Of course he can be his own expert, just as you can be your own expert, Foxfyre. Doesn't mean either of you is anyone else's expert. <shrug>

Right now answer E may be the right one FreeDuck. But without any evidence to the contrary, I think any logical person would have to consider the probability of a problem.

That would be a really relevant post, McG, if anyone was arguing that.

I see the problem in that if only the liberal point of view is presented, then some serious stuff is being left out of the curriculum. This would be stuff that would be necessary in order to draw a reasoned opinion based on all available data. To me public education is not for the purpose of indoctrination but for the purpose of education, and one critical component of education is to encourage critical thinking.