Want to know why there are so few Republicans in the humanities? In dramatic shift, more than half of Republicans now say colleges have a negative impact on the U.S., with wealthier, older and more educated Republicans being least positive. Elitists, crybabies and junky degrees: A Trump supporter explains rising conservative anger at American universities. Elite colleges are making it easy for conservatives to dislike them. Liberals can’t ignore the Right’s hatred for academia. Conservatives charge that universities are hotbeds of liberalism — they’re wrong. The kids these days: “The idea that leftist activist faculty are indoctrinating students to become radical lefties is just NOT supported by data”.
Conservatives are the real campus thought police squashing academic freedom. Jeff Sessions just criticized university safe spaces — but conservatives want their own safe spaces too. Joseph Heath on affirmative action for conservative academics. Having “right-wing” values is not easy on college campuses, but it can be rewarding. This professor wants to teach administrators not to cave in to right-wing outrage.
