March 27, 2009

Do Professors Fear 'Appearing Too Liberal'?

To the Editor:

As one of the few conservative college professors, I am a 30-year critic of America's universities because they are often dominated by faculty members who surround students with leftist or liberal ideology. My experience indicates that the liberal/left culture of higher education is pervasive and celebrated. Yet in "The New Climate of Timidity on Campuses" (The Chronicle, February 13), A. Lee Fritschler and Bruce L.R. Smith report that the majority of

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