Professors and Their Politics

Contents

c o n t e n t s Introduction 1 part i the lay of the land 1 The Social and Political Views of American College and University Professors 19 neil gross and solon simmons part ii explaining professorial liberalism 2 Political Liberalism and Graduate School Attendance: A Longitudinal Analysis 53 ethan fosse, jeremy freese, and neil gross 3 Nations, Classes, and the Politics of Professors: A Comparative Perspective 82 clem brooks 4 Political Bias in the Graduate School Admissions Process: A Field Experiment 109 ethan fosse, neil gross, and joseph ma part iii the student experience 5 The Effect of College on Social and Political Attitudes and Civic Participation 135 kyle dodson 6 “Civil” or “Provocative”? Varieties of Conservative Student Style and Discourse in American Universities 158 amy j. binder and kate wood vi Contents part iv formative periods 7 Naturalizing Liberalism in the 1950s 191 andrew jewett 8 Challenging Neutrality: Sixties Activism and Debates over Political Advocacy in the American University 217 julie a. reuben part v institutional change and its limits 9 Activism and the Academy: Lessons from the Rise of Ethnic Studies 243 fabio rojas 10 Rationalizing Realpolitik: U.S. International Relations as a Liberal Field 267 patrick thaddeus jackson 11 The Merits of Marginality: Think Tanks, Conservative Intellectuals, and the Liberal Academy 291 thomas medvetz Conclusion 309 Appendix. Sample Student Emails 315 References 317 Contributors 353 Index 357 Professors and Their Politics This page intentionally left blank ...