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050	0	4	_aLB2331 _b.W493 2013
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aGross, Neil, _d1971- _e1
245	1	0	_aWhy are professors liberal and why do conservatives care? /Neil Gross.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource (393 pages) : _billustrations
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505	0	0	_aThe politics of American professors -- _tWhy are they liberal?: the standard explanations -- _tPolitical self-selection and the academic profession -- _tPolitical differences among professors -- _tThe knowledge-politics problem -- _tThe campaign against "liberal bias" -- _tWhy conservatives care.
520	0		_aNeil Gross shows that the U.S. academy's liberal reputation has exerted a self-selecting influence on young liberals, while deterring promising conservatives. His study sheds new light on both academic life and American politics, where the conservative movement was built in part around opposition to the "liberal elite" in higher education.
520	0		_aSome observers see American academia as a bastion of leftist groupthink that indoctrinates students and silences conservative voices. Others see a protected enclave that naturally produces free-thinking, progressive intellectuals. Both views are self-serving, says Neil Gross, but neither is correct. Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care? explains how academic liberalism became a self-reproducing phenomenon, and why Americans on both the left and right should take notice. Academia employs a higher percentage of liberals than nearly any other profession. But the usual explanations--hiring bias against conservatives, correlations of liberal ideology with high intelligence--do not hold up to scrutiny. Drawing on a range of original research, statistics, and interviews, Gross argues that "political typing" plays an overlooked role in shaping academic liberalism. For historical reasons, the professoriate developed a reputation for liberal politics early in the twentieth century. As this perception spread, it exerted a self-selecting influence on bright young liberals, while deterring equally promising conservatives. Most professors' political views formed well before they stepped behind the lectern for the first time. Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care? shows how studying the political sympathies of professors and their critics can shed light not only on academic life but on American politics, where the modern conservative movement was built in no small part around opposition to the "liberal elite" in higher education. This divide between academic liberals and nonacademic conservatives makes accord on issues as diverse as climate change, immigration, and foreign policy more difficult.
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650		0	_aCollege teachers _xPolitical activity _zUnited States.
650		0	_aLiberalism _zUnited States.
650		4	_aCollege teachers _vPolitical activity _zUnited States.
650		4	_aCollege teachers _vPolitical activity.
650		4	_aEducation Systems.
650		4	_aLiberalism _zUnited States.
650		4	_aSocial Sciences.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell