THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR IS CALLING FOR MORE FACULTY DIVERSITY:

Perhaps Democrats are just naturally drawn to teaching, and colleges can’t do much about it. But if political diversity is as important to higher education as ethnic or racial diversity, colleges should look at their criteria for hiring teachers beyond just academic qualifications. Once teachers are hired, their freedom of speech must be defended. But colleges can also defend the need of students to hear a diversity of views from teachers.

In the meantime, U.S. News magazine might consider adding a new category – faculty political diversity – to its yearly college rankings.

Interesting piece.