Tilting at Academe

In Pennsylvania, a Republican lawmaker pushes forward with hearings about political bias at colleges. Democrats call them a waste of time and money.

It all started with a picnic. Amid the eating and the socializing on a summer day here two years ago, Jennie Mae Brown, a student at Pennsylvania State University's York campus, had a complaint: Her professors treated her unfairly because of her politics.

She shared her frustration with a state lawmaker during a local

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