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In 2013, a study found that academia was less likely to hire evangelical Christians due to discriminatory attitudes.<ref>Alexander, Rachel (June 10, 2013). [http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/06/10/suspicions-confirmed-academia-shutting-out-conservative-professors-n1616406/page/full "Suspicions confirmed: Academia shutting out conservative professors"]. Townhall.com.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and intolerance]]
In 2013, a study found that academia was less likely to hire evangelical Christians due to discriminatory attitudes.<ref>Alexander, Rachel (June 10, 2013). [http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/06/10/suspicions-confirmed-academia-shutting-out-conservative-professors-n1616406/page/full "Suspicions confirmed: Academia shutting out conservative professors"]. Townhall.com.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and intolerance]]
=== Academia and liberal values ===
[[Andrew Breitbart]], the founder of the conservative news site [[Breitbart News Network]], at one point intended to create a category "Big Education" in order to expose professor values, but he died before he could implement it.
An extremely high percentage of professors disagree with [[conservative]] principles, but very few replace them with the discredited philosophy of [[postmodernism]].<ref>Rothman, Stanley, et al. (March 2005). [http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/for.2005.3.1_20120105083450/for.2005.3.1/for.2005.3.1.1067/for.2005.3.1.1067.xml?format=INT "Politics and professional advancement among college faculty"]. ''The Forum'', vol. 3, iss. 1. Abstract retrieved from De Gruyter Online website. $42 Fee required for article access. "90 percent of United States professors called themselves liberal or moderate."</ref> Professors' common value system typically includes [[Opposition to Christianity|anti-Christian politics]], [[censorship]], [[socialism]], unjustified claims of expertise and knowledge (for example, the dogmatic promotion of the theory of [[evolution]]<ref>For example, a $100,000 "environmental" prize was awarded for work on a [[politically correct]] "theory of convergent evolution." [http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford20080404-01.2.16&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-environmental+achievement------ "Biology prof. awarded environmental achievement prize"] (April 4, 2008). ''The Stanford Daily'', vol. 233, iss. 30, p. 3. Retrieved from archive at stanforddailyarchive.com website.</ref>), [[liberal]] beliefs, [[liberal grading]], [[liberal bias]],<ref>Melby, Ernest O. and Johnson, K.C. (August 26, 2005). [http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2005/08/26/johnson "Proving the critics' case"]. Inside Higher Ed website/Views.</ref> [[historical revisionism]], anti-patriotism, [[anti-Americanism]], lack of productivity, [[bullying]] or discouraging [[conservative]] students (for example, homeschoolers),<ref>Multiple references:
*Millman, Gregory J. (March 23, 2008). [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032101451.html "Home is where the school is"]. ''The Washington Post'' website/Opinions/Outlook & opinions/Class act.
*Plecnik, John (May 31, 2004). [http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/news/488/NCliberalbiasagnstcons060104.htm "Liberal bias against campus conservatives"]. ChronWatch.com website. Retrieved from July 23, 2014 archive of Students for Academic Freedom website at Internet Archive.</ref> and promotion of sexual immorality.<ref>Multiple references:
*Jablonski, Joe (October 2001). [http://web.archive.org/web/20090708131041/http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/2001/oct_2001_4.html "Porn studies latest academic fad"]. Accuracy in Academia website/Campus Reports/2001. Retrieved from July 8, 2009 archive at Internet Archive.
*Capel, Michael (October 1998). [http://web.archive.org/web/20090708141829/http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/1998/october_1998_1.html "Pedophilia 101 at Cornell"]. Accuracy in Academia website/Campus Reports/1998. Retrieved from July 8, 2009 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> Although a majority of academics believe in God, a disproportionate percentage of academics are atheists compared to the general public (see: [[Atheism and academia]]).
Such attitudes are also shared by educators in the public education system from grade school through high school, and even by members of public school boards who take an elitist attitude toward parents of the children being indoctrinated with those same beliefs (particularly the promotion of sexual immorality and the encouragement of experimenting with homosexuality) by liberal educators.<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen3/16d/omaha-schools-sex-ed/world-herald-article-021217.html "Comprehensive sex-ed" battle in Omaha gets huge coverage in state's largest newspaper] at MassResistance</ref><ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen3/17a/CO-middle-school-x-rated/ebsco-database.html How schools & libraries bring pornography to vulnerable children] at MassResistance</ref><ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2016/10/19/pro-lgbtq-bias-at-metea-valley-high-school-in-aurora-illinois-exposed-linda-harvey/ Diversity? Pro-LGBTQ Bias at Metea Valley High School in Aurora, Illinois Exposed] at Americans for Truth</ref> These same educators, knowing that what they are doing is wrong, go out of their way to deliberately hide the truth from their students' parents, who they know would not support what they do in the classrooms and would call for the resignation or firing of the offending teachers and school board officials who support them; to that end, liberal elitist school boards stand up for the teachers and the professor values they support by ignoring parents' complaints, denying any wrongdoing to them, attempting (by means of [[deceit]] and [[disinformation]]) to discredit any information on educator wrongdoing uncovered by parents,<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen3/16d/omaha-schools-sex-ed/OPS-strikes-back.html School district strikes back at Omaha parents’ group that exposed graphic "comprehensive sex-ed" curriculum] at MassResistance</ref> blocking their inquiries and even resorting to intimidation and making criminal threats against them (and later denying making such threats when publicly called out on them afterward)<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen3/17a/CO-middle-school-x-rated/parents-ignored-threatened.html How Colorado parents were threatened, ignored, and deceived by school officials after exposing hardcore pornography available via middle school’s Internet portal] at MassResistance</ref> in an attempt to silence parental opposition to what are clearly illegal actions against underaged students.
An excellent example of academics going beyond their expertise is the example of the [[cryonics]] movement. Cryonics is a [[pseudoscience]] that tries to extend life or achieve immortality in a non-theistic way after a person is legally dead (Cryonic procedures are performed shortly after a person's death).<ref>Multiple references:
*[http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/winter-2012/cryogenesis-a-review#.VDHE0RYy5l4 "Cryogenesis: A review"] (Winter 2012). ''Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science''. Reprinted at Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science website on March 11, 2012.
*Barbaro, Valerie (July–August 2011). [http://thehumanist.com/july-august-2011/heaven-for-atheists/ "Heaven for atheists"]. ''The Humanist''. Reprinted at TheHumanist.com website on June 17, 2011.</ref> [[Robert Ettinger]] was an atheist and American academic who some consider to be "the father of cryonics" because of the impact of his 1962 book ''The Prospect of Immortality''.<ref>Multiple references:
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8658435/Robert-Ettinger.html "Robert Ettinger"] (July 24, 2011). ''The Telegraph'' [U.K.] website/News/Obituaries/Science Obituaries. Retrieved May 1, 2013. "Despite his Jewish roots, he grew up a determined atheist."
*Klein, Bruce (August 13, 2004). [http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/4112-the-father-of-cryonics-robert-c-w-ettinger/ "The Father of cryonics, Robert C. W. Ettinger"]. LongeCity website/Community/Community resources/Creative. Retrieved May 24, 2009.</ref> [[Isaac Asimov]] was a popular American [[science fiction]] writer and a professor of biochemistry at [[Boston University]]. He was also an atheist.<ref>Asimov, Isaac (Spring 1982). "Isaac Asimov on science and the Bible". Interview with Paul Kurtz. ''Free Inquiry'' magazine. Quoted at [http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/219935-i-am-an-atheist-out-and-out-it-took-me "Quote by Isaac Asimov: 'I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long...'"]. Goodreads website/Isaac Asimov/Quotes/Quotable Quote. Source located by [http://www.adherents.com/people/pa/Isaac_Asimov.html Adherents.com] website.</ref> According to The Cryonics Society, Asimov said of cryonics, "Though no one can quantify the probability of cryonics working, I estimate it is at least 90%..."<ref>[http://www.cryonicssociety.org/aboutcryonics_critics.html "Cryonics and critics"] (2012). The Cryonics Society website.</ref> See: [[Atheism and cryonics]]
In a [[Zogby]] poll, 58% of [[Americans]] said that the bias of professors is a serious problem, while 39% said it is a "very serious" problem.<ref name="zogby">[http://web.archive.org/web/20070717185049/http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1334 "Zogby poll: Most think political bias among college professors a serious problem"] (July 10, 2007). Zogby International website. Retrieved from July 17, 2007 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> The survey demonstrated further that "an overwhelming majority also believe that job security for college professors leaves them less motivated to do a good job than those professors who do not enjoy a tenured status—65% said they believe non-tenured professors are more motivated to do a good job in the classroom."<ref name="zogby" /> One study in 2008 found that "[[Texas]] university professors overwhelmingly favor [[Democratic]] candidates in their campaign contributions."<ref>Dunham, Richard and Brendel, Patrick (May 5, 2008). [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5753471.html "Texas professors give to Democrats over GOP 3-to-1"]. ''Houston Chronicle'' website.</ref>
Professors rarely engage in wrongdoing while completing research. "About 1,000 potential incidents of fabrication, falsification or plagiarism in scientific research go unreported every year, according to a survey that suggests such misconduct is far more prevalent than suspected....[A]bout 22 percent was by a professor or senior scientist."<ref>Lopatto, Elizabeth (June 18, 2006). [http://bazaarmodel.net/phorum/read.php?1,6187 "Scientific fraud may be more widespread than thought, poll says"]. Bloomberg News. Reprinted at Bazaarmodel.net/Phorum/Archive.</ref>
{{cquote| There is no place on earth so close-minded as the modern University. The lack of diversity of thought is unmatched anywhere on earth.<ref>ConservativeArtist (May 10, 2011, 2:38 pm). [http://twitter.com/#!/THEAtheistAnti/status/68067486800678912 "There is no place on earth so close-minded as the modern University. The Lack of diversity of thought is unmatched anywhere on earth."] Tweet by @THEAtheistAnti [known by YouTube user name Atheist Antidote].</ref>}}
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