Mar 22, 2009
A Liberal Education?
Here is a link to an interesting conversation between two George Mason University professors--Bruce Smith and Dan Klein--about the extent to which higher education is dominated by left-of-center politics, and what effects that has.
One snippet: Bruce Smith says that conservatives are not discriminated against in academia, adding that many of them are" crybabies." Right.
UPDATE 3/22/09: Two other Klein offerings on this topic:
1. An article in The Independent Review, entitled"Groupthink in Academia: Majoritarian Departmental Politics and the Professional Period," here.
2. A podcast of Klein with Russ Roberts on"Truth, Bias, and Disagreement," here.
One snippet: Bruce Smith says that conservatives are not discriminated against in academia, adding that many of them are" crybabies." Right.
UPDATE 3/22/09: Two other Klein offerings on this topic:
1. An article in The Independent Review, entitled"Groupthink in Academia: Majoritarian Departmental Politics and the Professional Period," here.
2. A podcast of Klein with Russ Roberts on"Truth, Bias, and Disagreement," here.