'An Endangered Species': The Scarcity of Harvard's Conservative Faculty | News
Government professor Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. â53 is widely known on campus as the default example of a conservative faculty member at Harvard. According to Mansfield, this is not because his views possess any sort of âsuperiorityâ to othersâ perspectives, but simply because a professor with his political stance is ârareâ on Harvardâs campus. âEvery class you enter, you have to work out your position vis-Ã -vis what the professor is saying,â Mansfield said. âBecause a professor is going to be a liberal, and heâs not going to be bashful a...