| Abstract: | "Political correctness", by being linked with anecdotal accounts of some extreme incidents, has become an epithet which is used by conservatives to discredit left-liberal policies, while conservative measures, which themselves endanger some of the most valuable academic traditions, are presented as economically necessary and inevitable. An even-handed evaluation of political influences on universities must abandon the anecdotal for a comprehensive examination of the overall positive and negative influences of all policies, regardless of their political colouration. Left-liberal and conservative policies are examined and compared in the contexts of women's studies, group difference research, affirmative action, and sexual harassment policies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
