Political correctness if one of the primary enemies of freedom of thought in higher education today, undermining our ability to acquire, transmit, and process knowledge. Political correctness limits the variation of ideas by an ideologically driven concern for hue rather than view. This volume is not simply another rant; there are good data here, along with well-crafted, hard-to-ignore logical interpretations and arguments. It is the sort of work that those who adhere to idea-limiting notions of the university will try to trivialize. That alone should make it important reading. --Michael Schwartz, president emeritus, Kent State University and Cleveland State University

List of Illustrations	p. xi
Diagnosing the Problem	p. 1
The PC Academy Debate: Questions Not Asked	p. 3
Notes	p. 13
By the Numbers: The Ideological Profile of Professors	p. 15
Voter Registration Studies	p. 16
Democrat versus Republican by Self-Reporting	p. 18
"Liberal versus Conservative"	p. 22
Surveys of Political Views: Laissez-Faire versus Intervention	p. 27
Conclusion	p. 32
Notes	p. 34
Left Pipeline: Why Conservatives Don't Get Doctorates	p. 38
Overall College Experience	p. 40
Academic Performance	p. 40
Faculty Mentoring	p. 42
Money, Creativity, and Family Values	p. 45
Conclusion	p. 52
Notes	p. 55
The Vanishing Conservative-Is There A Glass Ceiling?	p. 60
North American Academic Study Survey (NAASS)	p. 61
Politics and Professional Status	p. 69
Summary and Conclusion	p. 74
Notes	p. 76
"Diversity" in Higher Education	p. 77
Groupthink in Academia: Majoritarian Departmental Politics and the Professional Pyramid	p. 79
Adapting Groupthink to the Academic Setting	p. 81
Departmental Majoritarianism	p. 83
The Professional Pyramid	p. 86
Academic Groupthink	p. 91
Some Examples	p. 93
Conclusion	p. 95
Notes	p. 97
The Psychology of Political Correctness in Higher Education	p. 99
"Diversity" in Today's Academy	p. 100
The Rationale for Diversity	p. 102
The Personal Identity Assumption	p. 102
The Discrimination Assumption	p. 103
The Educational Benefits Assumption	p. 104
The Importance of Sociopolitical Diversity	p. 105
The PC University's Assumptions about Psychological Harm	p. 106
Evidence of Harm	p. 108
Problems with Self-Reports of Harm	p. 109
Other Psychological Needs Served by PC	p. 111
PC "Helps" Some by Hurting Others	p. 113
Notes	p. 116
College Conformity 101: Where the Diversity of Ideas Meets the Idea of Diversity	p. 121
Notes	p. 133
The American University: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow	p. 138
Notes	p. 154
Different Disciplines, Same Problem	p. 157
When is Diversity Not Diversity: A Brief History of the English Department	p. 159
Notes	p. 171
Linguistics from the Left: The Truth about Black English That the Academy Doesn't Want You to Know	p. 175
Notes	p. 190
History Upside Down	p. 192
Notes	p. 207
Why Political Science is Left but Not Quite PC: Causes of Disunion and Diversity	p. 209
Perceptions	p. 211
Realities: History and Data	p. 213
Sources of Diversity	p. 217
Conclusion: Reforming Political Science	p. 221
Notes	p. 223
Needed Reforms	p. 225
The Route to Academic Pluralism	p. 227
Governance in the Humanities and Social Sciences: The Need for Countervailing Power	p. 228
Strategies for Unseating PC	p. 233
Notes	p. 240
The Role of Alumni and Trustees	p. 241
Why Should Alumni and Trustees Help?	p. 243
Alumni as Donors	p. 246
Alumni as Trustees	p. 247
Trustees as Reformers	p. 251
Conclusion	p. 253
Notes	p. 254
Openness, Transparency, and Acountability: Fostering Public Trust in Higher Education	p. 260
Fiscal Management in Higher Education	p. 261
Imbalance of Political Views in Higher Education	p. 265
Tenure-Related Processes	p. 270
Student Achievement	p. 273
Conclusion	p. 282
Notes	p. 283
To Reform the Politically Correct University, Reform the Liberal Arts	p. 287
Notes	p. 297
Index	p. 299
About the Authors	p. 317
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