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Are Professors' Politics Too Prevalent in the Classroom?


In their new book, Closed Minds?: Politics and Ideology in American Universities, three professors at George Mason University argue that colleges are not saturated in politics, as some critics charge. In fact, the authors say, professors often shy away from political debate. (8:51)
Photograph courtesy of Brookings Institution Press