• DOI:10.1093/POQ/NFJ009
Corpus ID: 145569095

Is the Academy a Liberal Hegemony? The Political Orientations and Educational Values of Professors

@article{Zipp2006IsTA,
  title={Is the Academy a Liberal Hegemony? The Political Orientations and Educational Values of Professors},
  author={J. Zipp and R. Fenwick},
  journal={Public Opinion Quarterly},
  year={2006},
  volume={70},
  pages={304-326}
}

• J. Zipp, R. Fenwick
• Published 2006
• Sociology
• Public Opinion Quarterly

In the last several years, conservatives have argued that an overwhelmingly Left and liberal faculty has taken over American colleges and universities. In particular, two main claims have been advanced: (1) a disproportionate percentage of the faculty is liberal; and (2) these liberal faculty are pushing their values on students and colleagues, skewing the educational process. However, data to support these contentions come from unrepresentative institutions and/or disciplines and mistakenly… Expand