A new report shows that only 20% of university faculty think a conservative would fit well in their department.
The report comes from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) which surveyed 6,269 faculty members at 55 major colleges And universities for three months.
“Respondents were also more likely to express doubt that conservatives would be welcomed within their departments. While 71% of faculty said a liberal individual would fit into their department very or 'somewhat' well, only 20% said the same of The report stated that he is a conservative individual.
Fire report “I discovered a charged campus atmosphere as broad groups of those surveyed admitted to hiding their political views to avoid censure.”
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Nathan Honeycutt, director of polling and analysis at FIRE, invoked the notorious Joseph McCarthy era to closely tie in with the reporting findings.
“The McCarthy era is considered a low point in the history of American academic freedom with its witch hunts, loyalty tests, and blacklisting of universities across the country,” Honeycutt said.
“That scholars today feel less free to express their opinions than they did in the 1950s is a harsh indictment of the current state of academic freedom and discourse.”
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression surveyed more than 6,000 faculty members at 55 major colleges and universities over a three-month period. (Al-Seeb/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) (Al-Seeb/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Moreover, conservative faculty members were more likely than their liberal and moderate colleagues to report self-censorship. More than half of conservative faculty expressed having to hide sometimes Their political beliefs To keep their jobs.
However, only 17% of liberal faculty felt they had to hide their political views.
“There are very few conservative faculty members,” Honeycutt said. She continued: “If they do not express their opinions, Then the students are less He is exposed to more conservative views than one might expect based on the numbers.
Other findings in the report show that 87% of faculty found it difficult to have an honest and open conversation about “hot political topics” on campus.
A new report shows that only 20% of university faculty believe a conservative would fit well in their department. (Istock)
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The accent has more professors Below are their published works since the 1950s. The report stated that 35% reported having to tone down their written work “to avoid controversy,” which is four times more than what the Faculty of Social Sciences reported for the same question in the 1950s.
