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Liberal Faculty Outnumber Conservatives Nearly 7-to-1 Nationwide, Report Finds
A new America First Policy Institute report states liberal professors outnumber conservatives by nearly 7-to-1. The Trump administration is distributing $60 million in grants to promote civil discourse on campuses.
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A report released by the America First Policy Institute states that liberal faculty members outnumber conservative faculty nearly 7-to-1 nationwide. Fox News reported that the ratio has shifted from less than 2-to-1 in 1969. The same report found that 40 percent of surveyed faculty members said they would oppose hiring a Trump supporter.
Over 80 percent of Ph.D. students surveyed said they would discriminate against a conservative job candidate. At many elite universities, registered Republican faculty are more underrepresented than African American faculty, the report states.
More than half of conservative professors say they hide their views to keep their jobs. The Trump administration identified civil discourse as one of four key areas of national need through its competitive grants program. The Department of Education unveiled seven priorities under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education for the FY 2025 competition cycle.
Fox News reported that $60 million in federal grants is being distributed under the absolute priority titled Promoting Civil Discourse on College and University Campuses. Colleges and universities receiving the funding must support initiatives to foster respectful deliberation and debate.
Approved programs include seminars, speaker series, conferences, debates, and alternative learning opportunities.
Vice chair of the Center for Education Opportunity at America First Policy Institute, said the report documents how far the academy has drifted from its primary purpose.
