The University of Colorado is considering a $9 million program to bring high-profile political conservatives to teach on the left-leaning Boulder campus.
My favorite response is from Colorado's own anti-immigration zealot Tom Tancredo, who is "proposing a 20-foot-high fence around the border of the university’s Boulder campus." Keep out the undocumented students, I guess. Slightly more serious commentary from Ilya Somin.
I have two thoughts.
One. Lack of political diversity is actually a problem for universities. There is a systematic bias in the academy; of course it's mostly self-selection, but self-selection also explains the lack of women in math, and that's certainly not a good thing. CU would be a better and richer institution if it had more conservative faculty.
Two. This way of addressing the problem is just silly.
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does this mean that you are anti-affirmative action?
I'd agree with a more free market approach to diversity. If diversity is beneficial, then there will be a recognizable profit and the self interest of those involved will embrace it for their own good.
Lack of diversity, in my opinion is the lack of a totally free market.
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