Neil Gross and Solon Simmons gather the work of leading sociologists, historians, and other researchers interested in the relationship between politics and higher education to present evidence to the contrary.

In this book, the sixteenth volume in the Brookings series in Social Economics, Henry Aaron describes both the initial consensus and its subsequent decline.

Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care? explains how academic liberalism became a self-reproducing phenomenon, and why Americans on both the left and right should take notice.

Neil Gross shows that the U.S. academy’s liberal reputation has exerted a self-selecting influence on young liberals, while deterring promising conservatives.

Offering a nuanced picture of this political minority, this book will engage academics and general readers on both sides of the political spectrum.

This is a critical examination of the people who teach and produce research and scholarship in our institutions of higher education.

As troubling as this trend has become, there are ways to reverse it. The Fall of the Faculty outlines how we can revamp the system so that real educators can regain their voice in curriculum policy.

Yet the book also highlights efforts of those who have committed themselves and their institutions to the pursuit of academic excellence.

A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!