First, from Inside Higher Ed, an article on a recent study of where faculty fall on the ideological divide. The answers are complex depend on generation and the type of school. One interesting excerpt:
Political Orientation of Faculty Members, by Sector
| Sector | Liberal | Moderate | Conservative |
| Community colleges | 37.1% | 43.9% | 19.0% |
| Bachelor’s, non-liberal arts | 38.8% | 48.5% | 12.7% |
| Liberal arts colleges | 61.0% | 35.1% | 3.9% |
| Ph.D.-granting, non-elite | 44.3% | 51.9% | 3.8% |
| Ph.D.-granting, elite | 56.6% | 33.1% | 10.2% |
Read the article here. Hat Tip: Office of Communications.
Second, From the Chronicle of Higher Education:
"University of Missouri students who feel professors have discriminated against them based on their political or religious views will soon be able to file online complaints against the instructors, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported today.
New Web sites under construction at the university’s four campuses will track and record academic-diversity grievances against faculty members for compilation in an annual report..." Read the short article here.
Hat tip: Professor Weinberger.
