According to a piece I read in the Washington Post today liberals are more likely to pursue a PhD than conservatoives are.  The Quote is: "Among humanities majors, 19 percent of students on the political right expressed an interest in pursuing a PhD, compared with 30 percent on the left. While smart liberals are drawn to academia, smart conservatives choose other paths." I wonder why that is?  I will be snarky and say it is because conservtaives want to do something productive.  However, it could be argued that being an educator is also productive.Well, Naturally we're Liberal is a good piece explaining liberal academia by a liberal academic.

I guess then that I am bucking this trend.  ;DI think some of this is because students aspire to become like those who teach them.  In most universities, professors lean to the left, so left-leaning students will think of academia as a place where liberal thought prevails.  Meanwhile, conservative students will see academia as a hostile place.Perhaps not coincidentally, the professors at my undergraduate institution were by and large conservative.