Conservatives have long complained that a rigid leftist monoculture has transformed colleges into centers of ideological indoctrination.
As a hermetically sealed echo chamber, so the argument goes, academe has aggressively discriminated against anyone who refuses to bow with sufficient fervor before for the leftist orthodoxy of the moment, to the point where many academics are forced to say things they don't believe and not say those they do in order to have any chance to be hired or promoted.
This has been especially true when it comes to college administrative positions, with widespread understanding that anyone openly holding conservative views has little chance of reaching the top of the academic hierarchy as dean or provost.
That long history of ideological corruption can't help but come to mind when considering the rescinding of a deanship appointment for Emily Suski at the University of Arkansas School of Law, apparently for having become associated with political stances that various "stakeholders" disagreed with, in this case, curiously enough, those of left- rather than right-leaning persuasion.
The most obvious question raised by that reversal is the same raised by...
Source: https://www.newstribune.com/news/2026/jan/26/commentary-missing-the-point/
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