NYTimes: On Campus, the ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire - NYTimes.com

On Campus, the ’60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire

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"Hired during an expansion in higher education, baby boomers are being replaced by a new generation."

Fantastic article on the generational shift of American faculty's political bent. Main point is that the younger generation of professors (especially in social sciences) are evidently more moderate and less ideological than those from the baby-boom era.