Passing on the right [electronic resource] : conservative professors in the progressive university / Jon A. Shields and Joshua M. Dunn Sr.
2016
LB2331.72 .S55 2016eb
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Passing on the right [electronic resource] : conservative professors in the progressive university / Jon A. Shields and Joshua M. Dunn Sr.
Author
Shields, Jon A., author.
ISBN
9780199860241 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 241 pages)
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199863051 doi
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LB2331.72 .S55 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
378.125
Summary
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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 11, 2016).
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Dunn, Joshua M., author.
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Passing on the right.
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Table of Contents
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?
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?