<p>I thought you’d let this thread die since you did not post the recent Chronicle article about politics in the classroom which cited the book “Closed Minds?” and research by the Woessners. </p>
<p>Together, those studies found that most professors do not divulge their views, although students in politically-oriented classes seem to have little trouble figuring them out. More to the point, their findings suggest that student views aren’t really swayed by their professors. They studied students in political science classes and found that their views didn’t change much. To the extent that the students become a little more liberal, that was just as likely to happen when the professor was a Republican as when the professor was Democrat.</p>
<p>This research seems pretty applicable to the topic.</p>