Commentary
College and university faculty notoriously are among the most left-wing groups in the country. A 2020 study by the National Association of Scholars found the Democrat-to-Republican ratio on top campuses was 8.5 to 1.
And given California is governed by liberal Democrats, supported by liberal Democratic college and university faculty, the faculty now going on strike have only themselves to blame for the problems they suffer in this state. Yet they’re still griping.
Calmatters reported Nov. 15, “48,000 University of California academic workers—who conduct much of the teaching, grading and research at the nation’s premier public university system—are prepared to begin their second straight day of strikes at all 10 UC campuses to demand significantly higher wages to help cover sky-high housing costs, improved child care subsidies, enhanced health coverage and other benefits.”…