Likewise--
I'd say it's most likely a case of self-selection.
Academics appeals more to those of a liberal outlook; business appeals more to
those of a conservative persuasion.
Who knows about libertarians ;-) ?
Fill in your own speculations about why this is so (we're psychologists, after
all
Hi
Neil Gross, a sociologist at U of British Columbia, has some nice
empirical papers on this topic, documenting both the extent of the
liberal leanings of academics and some (possibly explanatory)
correlates. One working paper can be found at:
http://www.soci.ubc.ca/fileadmin/template/main/imag
Our department actually has a somewhat conservative leaning. I know the
political beliefs of a number of people here and I had a conversation
with someone a few years ago who used to work in our department who was
surprised at the number of people who voted Republican. What I would
like to beli
Annette wrote "we are a smallish, private liberal arts college
Almost everyone we hire eventually gets tenure. A very few exceptions have
occurred over my 20 years here but none motivated by politics. Power struggles,
and personal problems seem to dominate as themes."
I'm at a mediu
A few points on this issue:
(1) I think that a more systematic survey of representative samples
of faculty may turn up instances of hiring/tenure decisions being affected
by a candidate's political views but these would be as problematic as
surveys of the type focusing on "Have you ever known of
I rarely have known my colleagues political views. It just doesn't come
up much at my school. In some fields. I suppose (economics, political
science) it might be surmised from something about their work.
Chris
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Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P
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Marc Carter, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
Baker University
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-Don.
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A few days ago, someone posted
A few days ago, someone posted a question about why university
faculty are so liberal. There were some interesting responses. I
have been thinking about this for a long time, and eventually I want
to write something on the subject for my blog.
I have a question for all of you, as a non-random
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