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 -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== Jim Dougan wrote: > > > > > 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=13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd0da&n=T&l=tips&o=2742 > > <http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd0da&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-2742-13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto:leave-2742-13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd...@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=2749 or send a blank email to leave-2749-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
