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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: A. Lee Fritschler , Bruce L. R. Smith , Jeremy D MayerPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Brookings Institution Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.513kg ISBN: 9780815780281ISBN 10: 0815780281 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 30 August 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe authors shed light, always through their numbers and sometimes with their prose, on an important topic in American discourse. It's a worthwhile read for anyone interested in the topice --Robert VerBruggen, The American Spectator The purpose of Closed Minds? is to present an impartial assessment of the right's accusations that liberal dogmatists are using their power to indoctrinate postsecondary students, to deny access to faculty positions to conservative scholars an systematically to undermine well-established interpretations of American history and life in the United States today. Smith, Mayer and Fritschler have done a commendable job. --Howard A. Doughty, The Innovation Journal A fascinating tour of one aspect of the culture wars debate and its effect on universities. Based on an exhaustive survey, the authors conclude that, while most professors lean liberal and Democratic, there are no serious or major issues of bias in college teaching or the hiring of faculty. --C. Peter Magrath, West Virginia University Newsletter The authors shed light, always through their numbers and sometimes with their prose, on an important topic in American discourse. It's a worthwhile read for anyone interested in the topice - Robert VerBruggen, The American Spectator The purpose of Closed Minds? is to present an impartial assessment of the right's accusations that liberal dogmatists are using their power to indoctrinate postsecondary students, to deny access to faculty positions to conservative scholars an systematically to undermine well-established interpretations of American history and life in the United States today. Smith, Mayer and Fritschler have done a commendable job. - Howard A. Doughty, The Innovation Journal A fascinating tour of one aspect of the culture wars debate and its effect on universities. Based on an exhaustive survey, the authors conclude that, while most professors lean liberal and Democratic, there are no serious or major issues of bias in college teaching or the hiring of faculty. - C. Peter Magrath, West Virginia University Newsletter Author InformationBruce L. R. Smith is a visiting professor at the School of Public Policy at George Mason University. He was previously professor of political science at Columbia University and a senior staff member of the Center for Public Policy Education at the Brookings Institution. Jeremy D. Mayer is associate professor at the School of Public Policy at George Mason and the author of Running on Race: Racial Politics in Presidential Campaigns 1960-2000 (Random House, 2002). A. Lee Fritschler is professor and director of executive education at the School of Public Policy at George Mason and a former vice president at Brookings. He served as assistant secretary for postsecondary education from 1999 to 2001 and as president of Dickinson College from 1987 to 1999. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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