SUCH A SURPRISE – AT 12:18 P.M. ET:  A new survey stuns us.  There are, apparently, very few Democrats on elite college faculties.  Aren't you shocked?  From Fox: 

A new study found that 39 percent of "top-tier liberal arts colleges" in the United States don't have any Republicans on their faculties.

The study by the National Association of Scholars also found that the Democrat-to-Republican ratio was 10.4:1 among 8,688 Ph.D.-holding professors.

The ratio is 12.7:1 when two military colleges, West Point and Annapolis, are removed from the sample. 

The report states that the 51 institutions accounted for in the study are among the top 66-ranked colleges in "U.S. News and World Report."

"Political homogeneity is problematic because it biases research and teaching and reduces academic credibility," the report said.

The report also noted that STEM subjects -- like chemistry, economics, mathematics and physics -- have lower Democrat-Republic ratios than social sciences and humanities.

"I could not find a single Republican with an exclusive appointment to fields like gender studies, Africana studies, and peace studies," it stated.

COMMENT:  This is unlikely to change for a long time.  There is no incentive for liberal faculties to give up their advantage.  That incentive might come with changing generations, or if families stop sending their kids to these "elite" schools.  But the elite schools have plenty of applicants.

It's a bad situation, and unacceptable for a healthy academic environment.  Conservatives often feel isolated, even threatened.  Tolerance is not a strong point in liberalism.  And the curriculum is clearly tilted toward the left. 

I fear that our side has paid far too little attention to cultural change and the left's militant assault on colleges and media centers.  We've been too nice.  The country will be the lesser for it.

May 7,  2018