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Joshua M. Dunn and
Jon A. Shields
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
March 31, 2016
Pages
241
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780199863051
ISBN-10
0199863059
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.08 lbs.
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$29.95
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university press
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Few seem to think conservatives should become professors. While the left fears an invasion of their citadel by conservatives marching to orders from the Koch brothers, the right steers young conservatives away from a professorial vocation by lampooning its leftism. Shields and Dunn quiet these fears by shedding light on the hidden world of conservative professors through 153 interviews. Most conservative professors told them that the university is a far more tolerant place than its right-wing critics imagine. Many, in fact, first turned right in the university itself, while others say they feel more at home in academia than in the Republican Party. Even so, being a conservative in the progressive university can be challenging. Many professors admit to closeting themselves prior to tenure by passing as liberals. Some openly conservative professors even say they were badly mistreated on account of their politics, especially those who ventured into politicized disciplines or expressed culturally conservative views. Despite real challenges, the many successful professors interviewed by Shields and Dunn show that conservatives can survive and sometimes thrive in one of America's most progressive professions. And this means that liberals and conservatives need to rethink the place of conservatives in academia. Liberals should take the high road by becoming more principled advocates of diversity, especially since conservative professors are rarely close-minded or combatants in a right-wing war against the university. Movement conservatives, meanwhile, should de-escalate its polemical war against the university, especially since it inadvertently helps cement progressives' troubled rule over academia.
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With Jon A. Shields |
1 edition from Oxford Univ Pr (March 31, 2016)
9780199863051 | details & prices | 241 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.08 lbs | List price $29.95
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