Iowa

Power Line:  Academic Follies In Iowa

UPDATE:  Our friend and fellow graduate student Anna over at Dakota Women remarks on Professor Moyar's story about being rejected from Iowa because of ideological bias.  I have to respectfully disagree with you, Anna.  I think you missed the point of the story.  The University of Iowa has an explicit policy promoting ideological diversity, but when the chance arose to hire a conservative who certainly is qualified for the position and whose book has received excellent reviews, they declined.  That's his second book, by the way.  The first book also received high marks from reviewers. This is why it's crazy that there's a 27-0 liberal ratio at Iowa.  This isn't about his credentials or the book's technicals, which clearly doesn't suffer as much as the critics make it seem.  It's ideological bias, plain and simple.