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conix, Every time Ford and Kavanaugh dodged a question, in one chart

"Campus extremism is taking control of the Senate"

Research says your author's talking point conservative view of the campus is not an accurate reflection
of reality. Re the Ford-Kavanaugh question, the onus of proof is on the nominee, as obviously it should be.

There was a striking difference in style — and substance.

By Alvin Chang@[e-mail] Sep 28, 2018, 1:05pm EDT

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/28/17914308/kavanaugh-ford-question-dodge-hearing-chart

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Professors and Politics: What the Research Says

DeVos accusation that faculty members seek to tell students what to think renews debate, on which research is plentiful. Studies say professors lean left but challenge idea that this results in indoctrination or harms conservatives.
ByScott Jaschik
February 27, 2017

When Betsy DeVos on Thursday accused liberal faculty members of trying to force their views on students, the new education secretary infuriated many professors -- and won praise from some conservatives. Most faculty members who weighed in on social media denied the indoctrination and unfairness charges. While not disputing her assertion that they are more likely than others to be liberal, they said it was unfair to say that this meant they were indoctrinating anyone. Many conservatives who applauded DeVos said their personal experiences (or those of their children, nieces, nephews, etc.) showed she was correct.

For all the back-and-forth of traded anecdotes, there is research on these subjects -- in peer-reviewed articles, books published by scholarly presses and so forth. And most of these studies reach a consensus.

Yes, professors lean left (although with some caveats). But much of the research says conservative students and faculty members are not only surviving but thriving in academe -- free of indoctrination if not the periodic frustrations. Further, the research casts doubt on the idea that the ideological tilt of faculty members is because of discrimination. Notably, some of this research has been produced by conservative scholars.

DeVos is not the only one to raise the issue recently. A state senator in Iowa has introduced a bill to require that no professor or instructor be hired by a public university if his or her most recent party affiliation would “cause the percentage of the faculty belonging to one political party to exceed by 10 percent” the percentage of the faculty belonging to the other dominant party. The bill, like the DeVos speech, has angered many professors.

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Does Political Imbalance Make Life Difficult for Conservative Students?

DeVos and others suggest that the liberal dominance must make life difficult for students who have other political views of the world. Again, the evidence suggests a much more nuanced reality, and one in which many conservative students thrive.

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Can Professors on the Right Succeed?

A recent book based on interviews with conservative professors and a national survey both suggest that faculty members who are Republicans are succeeding and finding happiness in academic careers.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/02/27/research-confirms-professors-lean-left-questions-assumptions-about-what-means


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"The First Amendment has no caveats that says--"except on college campuses, where censorship is allowed and encouraged in the quest to further the university's stated mission". "
You can't be arrested for speaking filth on a college campus. That's all the first amendment grants you.
I'm under no obligation to provide you with a forum.
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"So you are defending the right of colleges to restrict the flow of ideas to only one side and one perspective. "
Hate is not a perspective. You don't need white supremacists on a campus to get a balanced view. Fuck Hitler, and Laura Ingraham, and Anne Coulter and Rooster and if you want to support their right to shove their hatred in my face....
What the hell is the matter with you?
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