Harvard newspaper survey finds 1% of faculty members identify as conservative

By John Gage

Published March 4, 2020 11:35pm ET

Harvard newspaper survey finds 1% of faculty members identify as conservative — In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo people walk along a sidewalk on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass.

A recent survey by the Harvard Crimson found that conservatives make up just over 1% of the school’s faculty.

Harvard University’s student newspaper published the survey results on Tuesday of nearly 500 members of the faculty. Of those who responded, 38% identified as “very liberal” while 41% identified as “liberal.” Another 19% said they were “moderate,” and only 1.5% of the respondents said they were “conservative” or “very conservative.”