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Passing on the right : conservative professors in the progressive university

Jon A. Shields (Author), Joshua M. Dunn (Author)
Shields and Dunn shed light on the hidden world of conservative professors through 153 interviews. Most conservative professors told them that the university is a far more tolerant place than its right-wing critics imagine. Many, in fact, first turned right in the university itself, while others say they feel more at home in academia than in the Republican Party. Even so, being a conservative in the progressive university can be challenging. Many professors admit to closeting themselves prior to tenure by passing as liberals
eBook, English, 2016
Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2016
1 online resource (xii, 241 pages)
9780199863068, 0199863067
945784186
Print version:
Introduction
Part I. The politics of conservative professors. The conservative minority
The Republican Party and its discontents
Part II. Life in the progressive university. The bias debate
Closeted conservatives
Open conservatism and its challenges
The limits of liberalism
Part III. Should we care? The consequences of a progressive professoriate
Epilogue : Affirmative action for conservatives?
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