Republican Professors at U. Arizona Outnumbered by 28 to 1
“there are zero identifiable Republican professors in at least five departments”
This is the way things are at schools across the country. There is no political balance in higher education.
The College Fix reports:
Democrat professors outnumber Republicans 28 to 1 at U. Arizona
Democrat professors at the University of Arizona appear to outnumber Republicans by about 28 to 1 in 12 departments, a College Fix analysis found.
Additionally, The Fix found that there are zero identifiable Republican professors in at least five departments.
The Fix conducted its research using voter registration data and identified 237 party-affiliated professors out of 369 in 12 departments. Of those 237, 222 were Democrats, 7 were Republican, and 8 were registered with third parties. Another 76 were unaffiliated while 56 were unidentified.
This means 3.4 percent of identified professors who are registered to vote are Republicans, while 96.6 percent are Democrats, when broken down by the two major parties.
The Fix obtained voter registration lists from Pima County through a public records request and only looked at professors, not lecturers, adjuncts, or emeriti faculty.
Out of the 12 departments, communications, classics, sociology, religious studies, and gender and women’s studies did not appear to have any Republican professors. Of these, the gender and women’s studies department had the greatest disparity, with 37 Democrats and zero Republicans.
Several departments only had one Republican professor, including English, psychology, political science, philosophy, and history. Of these, the psychology department had the greatest disparity, with 42 Democrats to 1 Republican.
Economics was the only department with two Republican professors. No department had more than two.
There may be crossover in some departments. When professors are listed in multiple departments, The Fix puts them under what appears to be their primary discipline. These departments may have Republicans from other majors teaching classes, in addition to the other political parties.
UA spokesperson Mieczyslaw Zak told The College Fix in an email statement that “the University of Arizona does not inquire about an applicant’s political affiliation, and it adheres to equal employment opportunity laws and non-discrimination policies.”
The school “values diverse perspectives as they help students strengthen their critical thinking skills and respect for views with which they may disagree,” Zak stated.
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Arizona has three state universities, roughly stereotyped as STEM/med/law, art, and eco/green. U of A is the art school. It’s in Tucson, Pima County, the bluest county in our state, which welcomes illegals and consistently defies our state’s gun pre-emption laws to harass gun owners. Tucson is a retirement community for aged-out liberals across America, who want to be coddled in a warm climate, but don’t have the rocks to enjoy central Arizona’s Phoenix valley.
In short, UA is not as prestigious as RISD, but you shouldn’t expect much more out of it politically.
UA required faculty applicants to submit “diversity statements” up to August of 2023. Diversity statements would have weeded out any Republicans, conservatives, moderates, Trump supporters, and other Deplorables.
Still, the overwhelming political groupthink will ensure that they only hire people who are dependably way left of center politically.
Leftists have been refusing to hire conservatives, excluding those who are already there and doing their best to force them to leave. A recognized pattern – in academia and in the corporate world. Even defense contractors.
The march through the institutions is a thing.