BASR Poll: "Academic Mind"
Creators: name: Bureau Of Applied Social Research, Columbia University
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2006

description: Concern over teachers' political opinions and what political matters are taught in the classroom (5); own academic freedom threatened in the past few years (2); threat to intellectual activity in America compared to a generation ago (2); inter-collegiate debates on the admission of Red China to the U.N. (4); Far Eastern expert Owen Lattimore (4); certain things have/have not happened to respondent or crossed respondent's mind at college/university (21); loyalty oath at college to disavow all subversive activities and ideologies (6); government jobs (2); read any periodicals dealing with politics or public affairs (1); belong to or make contributions to any political groups or organizations interested in public affairs (1); expressing personal views when teaching (3); ever felt point of view on a political subject was reported unfavorably to any higher authorities (2); ever felt that respondent was being watched in a classroom (2); any groups teachers like respondent might belong to that are likely to be attacked as being subversive (1); any publications teachers like respondent might receive that are likely to be attacked as being subversive (1); ever belonged to political group which advocated a program or a cause which has been unpopular or controversial (5); being accused of leftist leanings (2); discussing controversial matters in undergraduate teaching (2); teaching subjects which might require questioning of traditional values (1); emphasis in teaching the social sciences to students in their first two years of undergraduate study (1); importance of creative preparation in the teaching of the social sciences to undergraduates (1); philosophy on how to teach (1); civil liberties problems and issues in the news (4); student willingness to express unpopular political views (2); student willingness to form and join student political organizations advocating what might be unpopular political beliefs (1); things that could make a member of social science faculty controversial (1); willingness of social science faculty to express unpopular views (4); possible attacks and accusations on political beliefs and activities of some faculty members (2); any social science colleagues avoid subjects which might have political repercussion (2); selection of reference materials recommended to students (1); academic freedom of any faculty member ever threatened (3); any faculty member accused of being subversive or of engaging in any un-American activities in past few years (6); more important for college (university) to protect reputation of college (university)/rights of faculty member when faculty member is accused of being subversive or engaging in un-American activities (1); teachers getting passed over because of political views (4); working conditions (1); relations among faculty members (1); questions of academic freedom (3); local/state/national controversies (2); pressure on administration to avoid controversy (4); most powerful voice on respondent's campus in determining degree of academic freedom that exists here (1); a man who admits he is a Communist (3); a man whose loyalty has been questioned before a Congressional Committee but who swears under oath he has never been a Communist (3); danger of American Communists to this country (1); certain student clubs should/should not be allowed on campus (5); feelings about a social science teacher who is an admitted Communist (4); advantage/luxury in having a teacher with radical or non-conformist views on social science faculty (1); respondent's political views compared with others at college (7); ranking four occupations by prestige (12); how long been teaching (2); department chairman (3); what deg