Our Universities Need Diverse Ideas, Not Ideological Auditors
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The great majority of those teaching in colleges today, especially at the most selective institutions, are on the left, and almost 40% of faculties at top liberal arts schools are “conservative free”—that is, they have no registered Republicans. Given the ideological leanings of U.S. graduate schools, the political scientist Steven M. Teles wrote in the Chronicle of Higher Education last year, the “further drift leftward among the professoriate is already baked in.”
Originally published: May 1, 2025
Author: Michael S. Roth
Position: President
Institution: Wesleyan University
Published by: The Wall Street Journal