Do conservative professors have to hide their political affiliation in order to avoid ostracization?
Several good answers already.Not in my experience.As some answers have indicated, many right-wing academics cluster by discipline. They therefore form a local departmental majority. Some of these disciplines include finance, some ECon departments, many engineering departments, stategic or securities studies depts.Many colleges and universities have predominantly right-wing student populations. Examples include many religious colleges and universities, state schools in very conservative communities. These tend to attract a higher proprotion of conservative faculty.Left wing faculty tend to bend over backward for right-wing faculty. Frankly, many left-wing faculty feel more comfortable around right-wingers than around left-wingers from a different ideological strain. For example, many left-wingers of a deep-environm3entalist strain are more comfortable engaging in friendly sparring with civilized right-wingers than they are with neo-Marxist faculty who look for economic bases.Left wing faculty tend to be very careful not to antagonize right-wing faculty. Rememebr the diversity push? Conservatives are often another protected minority. to be frank, they are a highly treasured population, as they help deflect complaints by state regulators, Conservative donors, etc.As the other answers point out, most faculty to do not have much time to dwell on partisan politics. Most faculty emembers are extremely busy. Most spend the majority of their time on research, supervising post-docs and grad students, securing funding etc. the most bitter campus political fights tend to be over campus operation not nebulous national politics.Thanks for the a2A Joseph Mangi
How biased are your college professors?
The answer below or above about being “biased about using the scientific method to obtain knowledge about every area of life” said it all…but in a somewhat longish manner.However college professors are like everyone else….they can be a bit biased to “the left”…or to “the right” in politics. Some people are like me…” middle of the road” in politics. As to why some people are “right, left, or middle” is a subject that is complex and debatable.Let it suffice to say that…..the people to the left are that way possibly because they FEEL and CARE more about the underdog in our society. They would like to help obtain fairness for workers and the poor…..who are weaker than the upper socioeconomic segment of society. My guess is that people on The Right identify more and care more about the wealthy and powerful segments in society. But the above is debatable and more complex than we can deal with here. The above are “biases” based on feelings that are complex and difficult to understand at times. For me…I’ll stick with the “have-nots” because they need our help and understanding more than “the rich guys”.
Why are college professors so liberal?
Professors and teachers are usually liberal. I know this because I have several teachers in the family and know several who are liberal. They are liberal because they get paid more by the government to be so. Just because they go to college and have PHD doesn't mean they are common sense smarter. I heard one professor over the radio last week talking about how white people can help the black people by committing suicide. He had written several books about it (which is why he was asked about it). He has taught in one college for over a decade. Professors teach knowlege, their not even supposed to teach their opinions. But they do if they're liberal, conservitive teachers however, get fired if they do. Example: Look at Communism, theoredicly it makes sense, from what I've read of it. Historicly, it has always failed. People are greedy, which makes communism fail. Professors learn alot about and teach alot of knowledge, they should leave it there.
Do university professors and staff promote their own political beliefs and agendas to the students they teach?
Here’s the thing about broad generalizations: you can find people who fit them if you try, but it’s a huge mistake to assume that means you have proven the generalization applies to everyone, or even most people, in a given population.Are there professors who push their own political views? Of course. But there are also many who go out of their way to avoid doing so because pushing students to accept a particular agenda or set of beliefs tends to turn students off.I teach U.S. history. If I teach my classes in a way that tries to pressure my students to accept my political views, then I am going to alienate some students in every class I teach. They will be less willing to accept me as a source of knowledge if they see me as trying to force them to change their beliefs. Students who feel under attack will be less willing to share their own views and opinions with me in or outside of class. They will be less open to instruction from me and less willing to accept that there might be information of value that I can teach them. They will instead tune me out and try to parrot back to me information they think they need to in order to get a good grade. They won’t really think about or engage the material I present to them; my class will become a chore instead of a learning opportunity.So I do my best not to let this happen.This is not the same thing as not possessing a personal bias. Everyone does, and it’s impossible to bury it completely. I try to be conscious of it in my teaching and I try to assign readings that offer different perspectives on issues, particularly issues that are politically charged. I also try to be up front with my students about the problem of bias; everyone has their biases, and it’s important both to learn to identify them and to learn to look past them.This is an imperfect process, as I make clear to my students. But it’s never my goal to “program” them or “convert” them to my way of thinking. And while it might be tempting to see me as some kind of exception in that regard, it’s something I learned from the people who taught me, and something I discuss with my colleagues; I’m not unique in my own experience, even though I also had occasional professors who clearly pushed an ideological agenda.So you can certainly find faculty who behave in the way suggested by this question. But it’d be a mistake to use that fact to draw the conclusion that all, or even most, faculty are trying to push an agenda on their students.
Are there biased college professors forcing their thoughts and opinions on to their students?
Probably. But there’s no evidence students listen.The findings presented here suggest that faculty political orientation at the institutional level does not significantly influence student political orientation.Indoctrination U.? Faculty Ideology and Changes in Student Political Orientation | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge CoreYou cannot “force” anyone to listen to an opinion. Does anyone change their beliefs based on when their crazy uncle spouts opinions at Thanksgiving?
What does my professor mean when he says Republicans are "neo-confederates"?
Hi. I'm a junior at the University of Rhode Island, molecular bio major, but I'm taking political science courses as electives. One of my political science professors called Republicans "neo-confederates" and the class laughed. What do you think he meant by this term? Thanks.
Why are college professors so opinionated?
I completely agree. All of my college professors were whacked out libs who tried to brainwash us all. It honestly makes me wonder how valuable my education actually is.