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- Liberal commencement speakers will outnumber conservatives by nearly four-to-one at 50 of the nation’s largest colleges this year.
- The list of liberals includes several major names, including Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, and Cory Booker. The conservative speakers, meanwhile, are mainly state-level elected officials.
Including schools with multiple speakers, Campus Reform identified 37 speakers with demonstrably liberal leanings, compared to just 10 verified conservatives. Only four speakers could be classified as political moderates, two of whom—Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood of the country music group Lady Antebellum—were invited to speak at the same ceremony.
Liberals hold 4:1 edge among 2018 commencement speakers
Liberal professors outnumber conservatives nearly 12 to 1, study finds
Published in Econ Journal Watch last month, the study looks at faculty voter registration at 40 leading universities and finds that, out of 7,243 professors, Democrats outnumber Republicans 3,623 to 314, or by a ratio of 11 1/2 to 1.
Liberal professors outnumber conservatives 12 to 1: Study
So is it any wonder than that the parents of college age children are discouraging their children from going to these schools?
Universities and colleges struggle to stem big drops in enrollment
Universities and colleges struggle to stem big drops in enrollment - The Hechinger Report