Academics have always leaned to the left, but now the tilt is even more that way according to a UCLA survey.
Among full-time faculty members at four-year colleges and universities,
the percentage identifying as "far left" or liberal has increased
notably in the last three years, while the percentage identifying in
three other political categories has declined.
In looking at the new data, there is notable variation by sector. Private
research universities are the most left-leaning, with 16.2 percent of
faculty members identifying as far left, and 0.1 percent as far right.
(If one combines far left and liberal, however, private, four-year,
non-religious colleges top private universities, 68.6 percent to 67.7
percent.) The largest conservative contingent can be found at religious,
non-Roman Catholic four-year colleges, where 23.0 percent identify as
conservative and another 0.6 percent say that they are far right.
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