Not here; we are a smallish, private liberal arts college. Hah! There's that word, "liberal" and believe me, lots of people think it refers to political thinking. Sigh.
Some things that might affect that: hiring practices to begin with. 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. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ From: Jim Dougan [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 5:44 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Academic freedom and political views 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 sample of academics: Conservatives like to claim that universities are liberal because they discriminate against conservatives in hiring, promotion, and tenure. For example, they claim that qualified faculty members are denied tenure on the basis of their political beliefs. In my 20+ years as a faculty member, I have never seen that happen. Sure - I have seen some questionable tenure decisions - I suspect we all have - but I have never seen anyone denied tenure or promotion because of their political views. I am curious - have any of you seen such things occur? -- Jim Dougan *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Be sure to see my blog! http://hippieprofessor.com <http://hippieprofessor.com/> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=2742 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-2742-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-2742-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2743 or send a blank email to leave-2743-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
