Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: THE LAY OF THE LAND -- 1 The Social and Political Views of American College and University Professors -- PART II: EXPLAINING PROFESSORIAL LIBERALISM -- 2 Political Liberalism and Graduate School Attendance: A Longitudinal Analysis -- 3 Nations, Classes, and the Politics of Professors: A Comparative Perspective -- 4 Political Bias in the Graduate School Admissions Process: A Field Experiment -- PART III: THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE -- 5 The Effect of College on Social and Political Attitudes and Civic Participation -- 6 "Civil" or "Provocative"? Varieties of Conservative Student Style and Discourse in American Universities -- PART IV: FORMATIVE PERIODS -- 7 Naturalizing Liberalism in the 1950s -- 8 Challenging Neutrality: Sixties Activism and Debates over Political Advocacy in the American University -- PART V: INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND ITS LIMITS -- 9 Activism and the Academy: Lessons from the Rise of Ethnic Studies -- 10 Rationalizing Realpolitik: U.S. International Relations as a Liberal Field -- 11 The Merits of Marginality: Think Tanks, Conservative Intellectuals, and the Liberal Academy -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Sample Student Emails -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.