- Author
- Gross, Neil, and Simmons, Solon, eds.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD
- ISBN
- 9781421413341
- Table of Contents
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Introduction
Part I - The Lay of the Land
ch. 1 The Social and Political Views of American College and University Professors (Neil Gross and Solon Simmons)
Part II - Explaining Professional Liberalism
ch. 2 Political Liberalism and Graduate School Attendance: A Longitudinal Analysis (Ethan Fosse, Jeremy Freese, and Neil Gross)
ch. 3 Nations, Classes, and the Politics of Professors: A Comparative Perspective (Clem Brooks)
ch. 4 Political Bias in the Graduate School Admissions Process: A Field Experiment (Ethan Fosse, Neil gross, and Joseph Ma)
Part III - The Student Experience
ch. 5 The Effect of College on Social and Political Attitudes and Civic Participation (Kyle Dodson)
ch. 6 “Civil” or “Provocative?” Varieties of Conservative Student Style and Discourse in American Universities (Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood)
Part IV - Formative Periods
ch. 7 Naturalizing Liberalism in the 1950s (Andrew Jewett)
ch. 8 Challenging Neutrality: Sixties Activism and Debates over Political Advocacy in the American University (Julie A. Reuben)
Part V - Institutional Change and Its Limits
ch. 9 Activism and the Academy: Lessons from the Rise of Ethnic Students (Fabio Rojas)
ch. 10 Rationalizing Realpolitik: U.S. International Relations as a Liberal Field (Patrick Thaddeus Jackson)
ch. 11 The Merits of Marginality: Think Tanks, Conservative Intellectuals, and the Liberal Academy (Thomas Medvetz)
Conclusion
Appendix: Sample Student Emails
References
Contributors
Index
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Abstract: Professors and Their Politics tackles the assumption that universities are ivory towers of radicalism with the potential to corrupt conservative youth. Neil Gross and Solon Simmons gather the work of leading sociologists, historians, and other researchers interested in the relationship between politics and higher education to present evidence to the contrary. In eleven meaty chapters, contributors describe the political makeup of American academia today, consider the causes of its liberal tilt, discuss the college experience for politically conservative students, and delve into historical debates about professorial politics.
Offering readable, rigorous analyses rather than polemics, Professors and Their Politics yields important new insights into the nature of higher education institutions while challenging dogmas of both the left and the right. (From the Publisher)
Abstract: Professors and Their Politics tackles the assumption that universities are ivory towers of radicalism with the potential to corrupt conservative youth. Neil Gross and Solon Simmons gather the work of leading sociologists, historians, and other researchers interested in the relationship between politics and higher education to present evidence to the contrary. In eleven meaty chapters, contributors describe the political makeup of American academia today, consider the causes of its liberal tilt, discuss the college experience for politically conservative students, and delve into historical debates about professorial politics.
Offering readable, rigorous analyses rather than polemics, Professors and Their Politics yields important new insights into the nature of higher education institutions while challenging dogmas of both the left and the right. (From the Publisher)