The politically correct university
Subtitle: problems, scope, and reforms
By: editors, Robert Maranto, Richard E. Redding, Frederick M. Hess.
Contributors: Maranto, Robert, 1958-; Redding, Richard E.; Hess, Frederick M.; American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.
Publisher: AEI Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780844743172
Subjects: Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States; Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States; Political correctness -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt.1 Diagnosing the problem -- The; title: PC academy debate : questions not asked  -- Robert Maranto, -- Richard E. Redding and -- Frederick M. Hess; title: By the numbers : the ideological profile of professors  -- Daniel B. Klein and -- Charlotta Stern; title: Left pipeline : why conservatives don't get doctorates  -- Matthew Woessner and -- April Kelly-Woessner -- The; title: vanishing conservative : is there a glass ceiling?  -- Stanley Rothman and -- S. Robert Lichter -- Pt.2 "Diversity" in higher education; title: Groupthink in academia : majoritarian departmental politics and the professional pyramid  -- Daniel B. Klein and -- Charlotta Stern -- The; title: psychology of political correctness in higher education  -- William O'Donohue and -- Richard E. Redding; title: College conformity 101 : where the diversity of ideas meets the idea of diversity  -- Peter Wood -- The; title: American university : yesterday, today, and tomorrow  -- James Piereson -- Pt.3 Different disciplines, same problem; title: When is diversity not diversity : a brief history of the English department  -- Paul A. Cantor; title: Linguistics from the Left : the truth about Black English that the academy doesn't want you to know  -- John McWhorter; title: History upside down  -- Victor David Hanson; title: Why political science is Left but not quite PC : causes of disunion and diversity  -- James W. Ceaser and -- Robert Maranto -- Pt.4 Needed reforms -- The -- route to academic pluralism / -- Stephen H. Balch -- The; title: role of alumni and trustees  -- Anne D. Neal; title: Openness, transparency, and accountability : fostering public trust in higher education  -- Hank Brown, -- John B. Cooney and -- Michael B. Poliakoff; title: To reform the politically correct university, reform the liberal arts -- John Agresto.