Since 1979, when a student asked to receive credit for working with then-congresswoman Olympia Snowe, Hodgkin has placed dozens of students in legislative internships, both locally and in the nation's capital. He also drills the interns with related reading and paper-writing. Students have to put what they learn into context, and it helps for them to question their experiences. That's what has made it possible for me to survive here. He wonders whether another conservative political scientist will replace him, but has his doubts.
Conservatives are more likely to stay out of academia.
They go into business or law.