Faculty Survey Finds Growing Gap in Political Liberalism
LOS ANGELES
There is increasing polarization in the political identification of college and university faculty, a new UCLA study shows.
Today, only 34 percent of college and university faculty identify as “middle-of-the road” politically (down from 40 percent in 1989). Although the percentage of faculty identifying as “conservative” or “far right” (18 percent) has changed very little, the percentage identifying as either “liberal” or “far left” has grown from 42 percent to 48 percent.
