Outnumbering conservatives 5-to-1: Study finds 40% increase in liberal professors

America’s professors — who largely preach the value of diversity — have become much less politically diverse.

In 25 years, we have seen an more than 40 percent increase in professors who identify as liberal. Liberal professors now outnumber conservatives 5-to-1.

60 percent of professors now identify as “liberal” or “far-left” according to a survey from the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA. In 1990, that percentage was 42 percent, and in that 25 year span, the amount of professors identifying as conservative dropped six percent.

What impact is that having on students?

In 2009, HERI found that the number of students who identified as liberal increased 9.2 percent from their freshman year to their senior year.