Why I’ve Changed My Mind About The Importance Of Ideological Diversity In Academia

Sometimes conservatives (or liberals) are much better-positioned to take down a bad idea

I bet if you asked me what I thought about the question of “ideological diversity” in academia five years ago, I would have brushed you off. At the very least, I wouldn’t have had strong feelings on the matter, because it struck me as something of a silly concern. When we think ‘diversity,’ in the traditional sense, we think about groups that have been …