Campus Freedom, AAUP-Style Posted by KC Johnson The American Association of University Professors has now issued its final report on “Ensuring Academic Freedom in Politically Controversial Academic Personnel groups.”) The basic principle is as unobjectionable as it is admirable: professors should not be hired, fired, or disciplined on the basis of their political beliefs. Yet [...]

The Left-Leaning Tower By JOHN TIERNEY Why are conservatives such a minority at so many graduate schools? Conservatives like to blame liberal bias. Liberals like other explanations. One — the most tactful hypothesis — is that conservatives just aren’t interested in academic careers. Another — the most smug hypothesis — is that conservatives are just [...]