<p>No, check your dates.</p>
<p>That article you just linked to was dated April. The article I discussed appeared in last week’s chronicle. Mayer was just one of three authors of the book it discussed. </p>
<p>Writing “eight times” in all caps doesn’t make the finding shocking to me. The article does a nice job outlining why faculty may be more likely to support a democratic candidate. The fact that they are more likely to be liberal (which hasn’t been news since before Ladd & Lipsett) is one part of it–just one. I wish they’d cut off their comparison in August, not September, given the change in McCain’s fundraising status, but I’m sure that’s a small matter.</p>
<p>I think it’s interesting that Woessners’ work suggests that increasing political “diversity” among faculty might not have any effect on students in terms of their political shifts.</p>