Keywords
faculty politics, academic freedom, marketplace of ideas, marginalization
Abstract
This investigation explored whether there was a relationship between comfort in discussing political views and faculty members' political party preferences. The questions of whether political comfort differed based on gender, religious affiliation, academic discipline, and/or institutional affiliation were also explored. Both economics and political science faculty did not report comfort in discussing political views in the context of departmental committee service. Economics faculty either did not report on their colleagues' political views or they disagreed with their colleagues' political views. Political science faculty either did not report on their colleagues' political views or they agreed with their colleagues' political views. Also, this investigation found minimal ethnic and political diversity among the respondents.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2010
Advisor
Cintron Delgado, Rosa
Degree
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
College
College of Education
Department
Educational Research, Technology, and Leadership
Degree Program
Educational Leadership
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0003194
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0003194
Language
English
Release Date
August 2010
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Hilston, John, "Freedom And Comfort In Academically-related Political Discussions Among Economics And Political Science Faculty In A State Unive" (2010). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4254.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/4254