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The politically correct university : problems, scope, and reforms / editors, Robert Maranto, Richard E. Redding, Frederick M. Hess.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- United States.
- Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher--Political aspects.
- Political correctness--United States.
- Political correctness.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Pt.1 Diagnosing the problem
- The PC academy debate : questions not asked / Robert Maranto, Richard E. Redding and Frederick M. Hess
- By the numbers : the ideological profile of professors / Daniel B. Klein and Charlotta Stern
- Left pipeline : why conservatives don't get doctorates / Matthew Woessner and April Kelly-Woessner
- The vanishing conservative : is there a glass ceiling? / Stanley Rothman and S. Robert Lichter
- Pt.2 "Diversity" in higher education
- Groupthink in academia : majoritarian departmental politics and the professional pyramid / Daniel B. Klein and Charlotta Stern
- The psychology of political correctness in higher education / William O'Donohue and Richard E. Redding
- College conformity 101 : where the diversity of ideas meets the idea of diversity / Peter Wood
- The American university : yesterday, today, and tomorrow / James Piereson
- Pt.3 Different disciplines, same problem
- When is diversity not diversity : a brief history of the English department / Paul A. Cantor
- Linguistics from the Left : the truth about Black English that the academy doesn't want you to know / John McWhorter
- History upside down / Victor David Hanson
- 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 role of alumni and trustees / Anne D. Neal
- Openness, transparency, and accountability : fostering public trust in higher education / Hank Brown, John B. Cooney and Michael B. Poliakoff
- To reform the politically correct university, reform the liberal arts / John Agresto.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780844743172
- 0844743178
- OCLC:
- 416140560
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