Silla Brush of The Daily Princetonian asks, “Is a liberal academia biased against conservative faculty?” Here’s one answer, from conservative University politics professor, Robert George :

there is an ethos in academia created by a preponderance of liberal professors. College campuses tend to be representative of leftist views…which is self-sustaining. ‘University policies reflect liberal ideological commitments,’ he said.

[…]George agreed that hiring bias is a reality. He says there is a dichotomous paradigm of conscious, or egregious, and sub-conscious bias against conservatives. He said he believed that bias of both types occurs at Princeton and other institutions, and said that liberal professors had reported to him specific cases where they said it had happened.

‘I myself do believe that hiring bias is significant because I know of cases, where I believe that the hire wasn’t made because of conservatism or perception of conservatism,’ he said.

Flagrant bias occurs, George explained, when a faculty member is considering an appointment candidate, and he finds that the candidate is conservative, reaches conservatives conclusions, or is part of a conservative organization, and therefore does not make the hire.

Me, I just pepper my fiction with filthy language and irony, and nobody bothers asking about my politics. I guess they just assume…

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