Conservative taxpayers & politicians will stop supporting social sciences & humanities if these fields don't increase their viewpoint diversity. Can these fields set aside their ideological tribalism to promote their longer-term funding prospects?https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/if-conservative-views-are-not-represented-social-research-leftists-will-suffer-most …
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Alternatively, some have suggested only funding fields that allow viewpoint diversity and untrammeled open inquiry:https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/restoring-free-inquiry-on-campus …
Yes, I've advocated cutting federal research funding to public universities that don't really support #1A. But there's also the political discrimination problem within each field, in hiring, promotion, and tenure. No idea how to solve that.
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Agreed (we also acknowledge that, including much of the research cited in the Times piece above). If there is a solution, definitely won't come from govt.
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