&gt; 1. If the self selection occurs at the student levels (i.e. professors are hostile to conservatives which causes them to drop out of academia before they get to the teaching level) this is still bad.<p>Not necessarily; if someone realizes that their basic beliefs are incompatible with the basic tenets of an institution, that saves everyone time in the long run.<p>And I&#x27;d like to see some evidence, <i>any</i> evidence of professors being hostile to conservatives. And no, &quot;God&#x27;s not Dead&quot; doesn&#x27;t count. That&#x27;s such a persecution complex strawman.<p>&gt; 2. Even if it&#x27;s entirely self selected, it&#x27;s still a diversity problem.<p>There&#x27;s diversity and there is pandering to vox populi and anti-intellectualism. The first is good, the second is not, and quite frankly, the face of modern conservatism in America has been anti-intellectual for quite some time.<p>And hey, Kristoff seems to have misrepresented the data!<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@ginasue&#x2F;the-lie-of-liberal-intolerance-on-campus-6ba4c67ea8e0#.de9ylal06" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@ginasue&#x2F;the-lie-of-liberal-intolerance-o...</a><p>Surprised, I am not.