Hah! I was in college when you were born, and maybe in 2002 there was a big debate on campus about political registration of professors. It was pointed out that like 29/30 history professors were registered dem. 10/10 art history. 14/14 anthropology. 22/25 economics professors. etc. (made up numbers, but roughly in those quantities), Unsurprisingly, the VAST majority of professors were registered dems.
I remember attending a debate that was held between the campus conservative group and a campus liberal group. One professor actually stood up and said "Well, conservatives just aren't interested in pure learning--they're not interested in becoming professors because they want to join private industry. We don't discriminate against conservatives in hiring, because they're aren't any."
While it may or may not be true that many conservatives ARE more driven to start businesses, etc., she was totally blind to the fact that making statements like "Conservatives aren't interested in learning" or organizing a art history curriculum that is entirely Marxist, feminist, queer, etc, rather than just ... focused on history and art ... they drive out anyone that doesn't fit in to their mold.
So yeah, it is a chicken or the egg situation, but the chickens also smash all the eggs that don't fit nicely into their nests.
Hah! I was in college when you were born, and maybe in 2002 there was a big debate on campus about political registration of professors. It was pointed out that like 29/30 history professors were registered dem. 10/10 art history. 14/14 anthropology. 22/25 economics professors. etc. (made up numbers, but roughly in those quantities), Unsurprisingly, the VAST majority of professors were registered dems.
I remember attending a debate that was held between the campus conservative group and a campus liberal group. One professor actually stood up and said "Well, conservatives just aren't interested in pure learning--they're not interested in becoming professors because they want to join private industry. We don't discriminate against conservatives in hiring, because they're aren't any."
While it may or may not be true that many conservatives ARE more driven to start businesses, etc., she was totally blind to the fact that making statements like "Conservatives aren't interested in learning" or organizing a art history curriculum that is entirely Marxist, feminist, queer, etc, rather than just ... focused on history and art ... they drive out anyone that doesn't fit in to their mold.
So yeah, it is a chicken or the egg situation, but the chickens also smash all the eggs that don't fit nicely into their nests.