FIRST ON FOX: Liberal faculty members continue to vastly outnumber their conservative colleagues on college campuses, according to a new report exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital.The report, released by the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), revealed that liberal faculty members outnumber conservatives nearly 7-to-1 nationwide — a massive shift from 1969, when the ratio sat at less than 2-to-1."Having helped build a university founded on open inquiry, I've seen what higher education is supposed to be, and this report documents how far the academy has drifted from its primary purpose," said Michael Shires, Ph.D., vice chair of Center for Education Opportunity at America First Policy Institute.TOP FEDERAL PROSECUTOR CALLS CALIFORNIA A 'FRAUDSTER'S PARADISE,' WARNS STATE OFFICIALS COULD FACE CHARGESLiberal faculty members continue to significantly outnumber conservative colleagues on college campuses, according to a new report.(Getty Images )"When an institution weaponizes academic freedom to purge the views it dislikes, it forfeits the very principle it claims to defend.
Reviving genuine viewpoint diversity isn't an attack on academic freedom — it is its restoration," Shires added.According to AFPI, the left-wing dominance over campus culture carries deeper implications for academic freedom and hiring practices.The data shows that 40% of surveyed faculty members openly admitted they would oppose hiring a Trump supporter, while over 80% of Ph.D.
students acknowledged they would discriminate against a conservative job candidate."At many elite universities, registered Republican faculty are now more underrepresented than African American faculty," the AFPI report states."More than half of conservative professors say they hide their views to keep their jobs."CAMPUS GRADUATION CHAOS SHOWS HIGHER EDUCATION NEEDS A SERIOUS MORAL RESETAmerica First Policy Institute argues aggressive policy interventions are necessary to break the ideological monopoly.
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