Do you think teachers/professors have the ability to teach without a Liberal Bias?

Seems to be an inherent conflict of interest here.





The people work for the state, are mostly all part of labor unions, and have ridiculous benefit and retirement packages. They have EVERY reason to support the Left.





It should be noted that these benefit/retirement packages are paid for by tax payers. It's amazing what part of my state's budget go towards paying these excessive pensions.





It is obvious that it is in their best interest to be Liberal and to present information with a Liberal bias.|||Yes - I do. I don't teach w/ a liberal bias. I am anti-union. The excessive pensions you speak of is actually part of our salary - we just aren't allowed to get it until we retire. We don't get a say of how it is invested by the state, which is why so many retired and retiring teachers are hurting.|||Professor's get paid through tuition. What constitutes "liberal" bias?





Yeah, there's a liberal bias. I don't think having dental insurance is a ridiculous benefit. What exactly would be a conservative bias? It seems as though conservatives want to rewrite history, in which they never, in there own lives, were a significant part of.





History teaches recorded significant changes and movements in society, conservatives were never part of these changes...sorry





Because you might believe in what people who changed history believed in 100 years ago makes you conservative, not them. They were never considered conservative within the confines of history.





If you look at the facts, all movements in world history, that changed history were progressive, liberal, forward thinking. Since when have self proclaimed conservatives, within their own lifetime did anything? So why even teach kids about conservatives, what would be taught?|||Go to a private religous school. I'm sure all your problems will be solved.....After all you want to be where everyone thinks exactly the same as you and never challenges you to think any differently....military school would be a good choice too|||The real question is how the textbook is set up. Even if a teacher just taught from a textbook without editorializing, it would depend on whether textbook was biased or not.|||not necessarily, i have a few teachers who are republican/conservative. it all depends on where you live (and what the average income is)|||6.2 million teachers/professors in the US.





Blanket statements are ridiculous.|||1.) Teachers in public school systems and public universities who have unions (not all do) HAVE to pay dues. There is no choice in the matter. Their political opinions have nothing to do with it.





2.) Teachers at all levels tend to have pretty good benefit and retirement packages, as do most government employees. Not "ridiculous" but pretty good--that's if they make it to retirement without leaving the profession, which more and more young teachers are doing all the time. Even if you love it dearly, teaching is an incredibly stressful profession which pays very little. The secure benefits help to balance the low pay--it's still not enough, but it helps. And it's incentive to stick with the profession for the long haul.





3) Many in the profession, especially those closing in on retirement, were educated themselves during the 60's and 70's, an incredibly liberal period of American cultural history. Students entering the profession more recently tend to be very conservative--which reflects the political bent of more recent years.





4) Any GOOD teacher knows personal politics should be left outside the classroom. (This is harder to do in some subject areas than others.) Information should be presented without bias so that students can come to their own conclusions. The emphasis in higher education is in developing critical thinking skills--again, teaching students how to think, to consider their sources and the counterarguments of their audience.





Your question seems to come with its own answer, which in academic writing comes across as beligerent at best. I'm glad, though, that you asked it so that you can become familiar with the "other side" of the issue. Maybe you'll change your mind, maybe you'll reconsider what you currently believe and why, or maybe you'll still wind up with the same beliefs...but at least you will have a full understanding of both sides of the issue, and that's always a good and healthy thing!





Best of luck to you!