A faculty survey released last week shows “few faculty indicated a conservative would fit well in their department.” Only 20% of respondents signaled that a conservative would be a “positive fit,” while 71% said a liberal would fit well.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression survey also shows that academics are nearly four times more likely to self-censor than they were during the height of the McCarthyism era, and conservatives are three times more likely to report self-censorship than their liberal peers.

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