Why There Are No Conservative Professors and Why Do Conservatives Care: Implications for Christian Scholarship

The dearth of conservative professors in many disciplinary fields in higher education has been the concern, oddly enough, of liberal scholars. Perhaps one of the most prolific apologists of the liberal professorate has been professor of sociology Neil Gross at the University of British Columbia. Gro...

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Main Author: Brow, Mark V. (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2017]
In: Journal of research on Christian education
Year: 2017, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 211-222
IxTheo Classification:FB Theological education
KBQ North America
ZC Politics in general
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Summary:The dearth of conservative professors in many disciplinary fields in higher education has been the concern, oddly enough, of liberal scholars. Perhaps one of the most prolific apologists of the liberal professorate has been professor of sociology Neil Gross at the University of British Columbia. Gross attributes the abundance of liberal professors in certain fields to political typing, a process of self-selection based on preconceived and self-perpetuating biases regarding the epistemological assumptions of disciplinary domains. This study offers a more pedestrian account of the liberal bias on the university campus and proposes implications for Christian scholarship.
ISSN:1065-6219
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of research on Christian education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/10656219.2017.1331776