As a liberal who grew up near California's Bible Belt in Orange County, I was brought up to believe that the enemies of reason were the Christian creationists who taught that the world is 6,000 years old and that biologists can't explain the evolution of complexity without invoking a divine creator
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2016 @ 9:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Last week, a new finding about ideological imbalance made headlines all over the country. According to Matt Woessner, an associate professor of political science and public policy at Penn State Harrisburg, liberal professors now outnumber their conservative counterparts by a ratio of roughly 5 to 1.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 1:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Conversations I've had with non-academics about university employment practices usually evoke surprise and skepticism.
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2015 @ 7:09 am
By: John William Pope Center
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"Academia is American liberals' sanctuary, their fortress, their source. By controlling the campuses, the Left is able to control much of the nation's intellectual debate," said my colleague Jay Schalin at last year's State Policy Network convention.
Published: Wednesday, December 17th, 2014 @ 6:05 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Mention Duke and UNC in the same breath and almost everyone thinks about intense rivalry. While that’s true in sports, it is not true in academics.
Published: Saturday, June 28th, 2014 @ 12:10 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Once again, students are rejecting on-campus speakers who don't toe the politically correct line. At Brown University on October 29, a group of students shouted, chanted, and booed as New York police commissioner Ray Kelly began a lecture on "proactive policing," which includes the controversial...
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2013 @ 10:51 am
By: John William Pope Center
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