Thursday, October 19, 2006

Who knew?

Here is an interesting headline from today's Chronicle of Higher Education:
"Liberal 'Groupthink' Puts Professors at Odds With Most Americans, Report Says"

Some of the major points of the report, per the Chronicle:

Professors are three times as likely to call themselves "liberal" as
"conservative." In the 2004 presidential election, 72 percent of those surveyed voted for John Kerry.
Almost one-third of professors cite the United States as among the top two greatest threats to international stability -- more than cited Iran, China, or Iraq.
Fifty-four percent of professors say U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East is partially responsible for the growth of Islamic militancy.

You can read the whole thing here.

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