> Huh? There are plenty of conservative academic > institutions. Hoover > Institute at Stanford, to name a prominent example. > > Nick
Actually, there are only a handful. In most surveys, well under 10% of academics report as registered Republicans. Among the Harvard government department the number is actually below 5%. Of course, it's worse if you're in English, for example, where the number is essentially 0. There is, for all practical purposes, no such thing as a conservative in a major university academic department. In any case, while Hoover is better than most, I wouldn't describe it as terribly conservative. Given that being a member of the left/far-left is a virtual requirement to get hired at say, the rest of Stanford, or Harvard, Berkeley, Yale, MIT, and so on, like most conservatives who are interested in academia, I have to take such things into account. In economics I'd be okay. In political science I have a ghost of a chance. In history, English, anthropology, sociology, or anything like that, I'd be toast, of course. Despite the claims of a lot of people, I don't think any serious person could claim that there isn't an overwhelming leftward bias to hiring in academia. Heck, I've had professors I was close to state quite openly that they would never consider extending an offer to any conservative. Unless you want to explain some other reason why the proportion of Republicans on college campuses, particularly top-tier campuses, is so low. Could I suggest you not try "because only liberals are smart enough?" I've heard that one before, and it no longer amuses me :-) Gautam __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus � Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
