Compromising Scholarship: Religious and Political Bias in American Higher Education

by George Yancey

Book Overview

Conservative and liberal commentators alike have long argued that social bias exists in American higher education. Yet those arguments have largely lacked much supporting evidence. In this first systematic attempt to substantiate social bias in higher education, George Yancey embarks on a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the social biases and attitudes of faculties in American universities--surveying professors in disciplines from political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160258477X
• ISBN13: 9781602584778
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher