Are Conservative Fears of Campus Indoctrination Overblown?
Maranto and Woessner reply to Peter Wood’s excellent critique: Our recent Chronicle of Higher Education essay makes the case that while conservatives and libertarians are dramatically outnumbered among higher education faculty by those on the left, fears that college students suffer ideological indoctrination are overblown. In his sensible, nuanced reply, our friend Peter Wood suggests … Continue reading Are Conservative Fears of Campus Indoctrination Overblown?
Robert Maranto, the 21st Century Chair in Leadership in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, has written widely on these issues and co-edited The Politically Correct University. Matthew Woessner is an associate professor of political science at Penn State-Harrisburg and co-author of The Still Divided Academy: How competing visions of power, policy, and diversity complicate the mission of higher education. 
Peter Wood is president of the National Association of Scholars and author of “Diversity: the Invention of a Concept.” 
Daphne Patai is professor emeritus in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is the author of, "What Price Utopia? Essays on Ideological Policing, Feminism, and Academic Affairs," among other books, 
Anthony Paletta is a freelance writer. 
John Leo is the editor of Minding The Campus, dedicated to chronicling developments within higher education in an effort to restore balance and intellectual pluralism to our American universities. His popular column, "On Society," ran in U.S.News & World Report for 17 years, and was syndicated to 140 newspapers through the Universal Press Syndicate. 
George Leef is Director of Research for the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy. 
Mark Bauerlein is a professor of English at Emory. 
John Rosenberg blogs at Discriminations. 
Bruce Gilley is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Ph.D. Program in Public Affairs and Policy at the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University, and President of the Oregon Association of Scholars. His research centers on comparative and international politics and public policy. His work covers issues as diverse as democracy, climate change, political legitimacy, and international conflict. He is a specialist on the politics of China and Asia. 
Gilbert T. Sewall, director of the American Textbook Council, is co-author of After Hiroshima: The United States Since 1945 and editor of The Eighties: A Reader. He is also a non-fiction book reviewer for Publishers Weekly. 
Ron Capshaw has written for National Review, The Weekly Standard and the Washington Times. He lives in Midlothian, VA. 
C. Bradley Thompson is a professor of political science at Clemson University, executive director of the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism, and author of John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty and Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea. His book in progress is America’s Revolutionary Mind: Understanding the Declaration of Independence. 
Jordan Hill teaches English and Philosophy at Oxford Academy High School, Oxford, N.Y. 
Harvey Silverglate, a Boston criminal defense and civil liberties lawyer and writer, is the co-founder of The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (www.thefire.org). He co-authored The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses. 
Kate Hardiman is a junior at Notre Dame.