January 26, 2007

'They Jump to Those Claims'

Political-bias studies often rush to judgment, researcher says

John B. Lee is president and founder of JBL Associates Inc., a prominent higher-education-research firm in Bethesda, Md. Recently the American Federation of Teachers retained him to assess the research that purports to find a liberal predominance and bias in academe. He reviewed eight studies, some of them carried out by groups like the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, and some of them produced by individual

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