I really don't find this surprising. Survey Shocker: Liberal profs admit they’d discriminate against conservatives in hiring, advancement.
Dan Ackroyd, as Ray in Ghostbusters, said, "Personally, I like the University, they gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything. You've never been out of college, you don't know what it's like out there. I've worked in the private sector. They expect results."
Colleges and Universities today are money making machines. And young people are willingly turning over a large chuck of their future income to acquire a piece of pretty paper that says they have a degree. Too bad most of the degrees that a student can acquire today have little practical value in the commercial side of the world. Having a Masters Degree in English, with a major in "Comparative Literature" has literally zero use for any job of any worth.
I know of Case Workers who ran up $40,000 in student loan debt to obtain a Masters in Social Work so they could qualify for the Case Worker position... Which earns about $32,000 a year. So, they will struggle with a below average income while having almost a house note on their backs for most of their working lives. So, it is not surprising that those who remain in academia for the "softer" degrees are overwhelmingly Liberal.
They don't have to produce anything of a substantive nature. I have been called mentally ill because of my Conservatism before and I refuse to "return the favor." However, I will say that the views of Liberals have little basis in reality. So, it really is little wonder that the overwhelming majority of the academic staff at our schools of higher learning are Liberal.
And, of course, they have no problem in discriminating against a person for their political beliefs in the workplace. I personally believe if you do your job (in this case impart the necessary subject matter to the students) without political bias, I don't care what your personal political persuasion happens to be. I find, time after time, Liberals have no qualms about doing the same exact actions (discrimination against minorities and females, etc.) that they accuse their opponents of doing. The mental gymnastics they must go through to justify what they decry must make Nadia Comăneci weep.