Insulating Liberal Students To Opposing Views Hurts Them

It makes them easy pickin’ for conservatives though!

Are most college professors liberal? Yes, says Penn State Associate Professor of Political Science and Philosophy Matthew Woessner. Perhaps surprisingly, however, his research shows that liberal bias does not seem to influence right-leaning students. Rather, it insulates left-leaning students, hindering their ability to critically analyze their own ideas. In five minutes, learn more about college liberal bias.

A liberal professor, Michael Berube, interviewed in IndoctrinateU explains that protecting and teaching from one ideological viewpoint insulates students who are liberal to properly defend and coherently explain their views in the real world — outside the classroom. This excerpt is taken from two parts found below. 

  • This is Part-one-of-two, and should be associated with this liberal professor’s remarks saying that because of this ingrained ideology of bias towards one view that when liberal students leave the classroom they have no way to respond to views different from their own.

  • This is Part-two-of-two, and should be associated with this liberal professor’s remarks saying that because of this ingrained ideology of bias towards one view that when liberal students leave the classroom they have no way to respond to views different from their own.