One-quarter of students at elite universities are LGBT. What does that say about America’s future?
by Louis T March, MercatorNet:
A survey of 57,000 undergraduates from 159 of America’s “top universities” reveals a lack of viewpoint diversity.
The Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology is a relatively new organization, and by all appearances an eminently credible one. Staffed by first-rate scholars, CSPI’s mission is to “fund and support research on systems of knowledge production and communication, and how they relate to social and political outcomes.” A noble purpose, methinks, providing insight into public policy formulation. I was once part of that process and agree with Mark Twain: “People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either one being made.”
CSPI Research Fellow Professor Eric Kaufmann recently posted an intriguing report, “Diverse and Divided: A Political Demography of American Elite Students.” As the elite have outsize influence, it makes sense to scrutinize their callow up-and-comers.
The impetus for CSPI’s report was a survey by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) that sampled 57,000 undergraduates from 159 of America’s “top universities” via multiple campus expression surveys. Talk about a Herculean task! What’s more, Dr. Kaufmann took it upon himself to slice and dice that data six ways to Sunday. My hat’s off for even attempting such a feat.
Dr. Kaufmann, conversant with religious and political demography, was ideal for undertaking this project. His books Rise and Fall of Anglo-America (2004), Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? (2010) – he believes so – and Whiteshift (2018), about the state of White America, are ample evidence he knows whereof he speaks.
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