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Liberals and Conservatives in Academia: a Reply to My Critics

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In this essay I respond to criticisms of Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care? Although the book is not without its flaws, in my view critics have not yet offered a persuasive response to the self-selection account of academic liberalism it lays out.

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  1. Andrew Abbott, 2014. “The Problem of Excess.” Sociological Theory 32:1–26.

  2. To generate these numbers I searched for articles containing the word “the” in full text.

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  4. Corwin E. Smidt, 2013. American Evangelicals Today. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 87.

  5. Julie R. Posselt. 2014. “Toward Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Education: Constructing Merit and Diversity in PhD Admissions.” American Journal of Education 120:481–514.

  6. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/06/19/march-for-marriage-rally-reflects-steadfast-opposition-to-gay-marriage-among-evangelical-christians/

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    Neil Gross

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Gross, N. Liberals and Conservatives in Academia: a Reply to My Critics. Soc 52, 47–53 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-014-9857-z

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