Epiphany at Harvard

John Hinderaker, senior contributor at Power Line, quotes an editorial from the Harvard Crimson that is very encouraging, as well as unexpected. They write:

Much more work is needed in expanding the conversation and prioritizing ideological diversity on campus. Startlingly, just around 1.5 percent of respondents to The Crimson news staff’s survey of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences identify as conservative or very conservative, compared to 83.2 percent who identify as liberal or very liberal.

These statistics do not reflect America: 35 percent of Americans identify as conservative, 23 times the fraction of the faculty survey’s respondents, and 26 percent identify as liberal. This stark divide has harmful effects on the University’s ability to train our nation’s leaders, and it risks alienating current and potential conservative students. It has also likely contributed to the declining trust of Americans in higher education, which has deleterious effects. 

I'm impressed at this degree of realism. Maybe Harvard University's lofty reputation is, to some degree, merited after all.