Professors wore white armbands to protest an award of an honorary degree to a [[conservative]].<ref>http://publicbroadcasting.net/kwmu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1279565§ionID=1</ref> More than 100 professors signed a letter to protest a proposal to honor a [[conservative]]-leaning [[Nobel Prize]]-winning colleague.<ref>http://bourdaghs.com/blog.html?p=484</ref>
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For example, professors at [[Washington University]] wore white armbands to protest an award of an honorary degree to [[Phyllis Schlafly]], a noted [[conservative]].<ref>http://publicbroadcasting.net/kwmu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1279565§ionID=1</ref> At the [[University of Chicago]], more than 100 professors signed a letter to protest a proposal to honor [[conservative]]-leaning [[Nobel Prize]]-winning colleague [[Milton Friedman]].<ref>http://bourdaghs.com/blog.html?p=484</ref>
Politicians, especially [[liberal]] ones, are routinely given high-ranking academic positions. Examples include:
Politicians, especially [[liberal]] ones, are routinely given high-ranking academic positions. Examples include: