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A Generational Change in Academia?

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

This NYT article by Patricia Cohen claims that there is a generational change in academia. (Hat tip: Orin Kerr at VC.) "Baby boomers, hired in large numbers during a huge expansion in higher education that continued into the ?70s, are being replaced by younger professors who many of the nearly 50 academics interviewed by The New York Times believe are different from their predecessors ? less ideologically polarized and more politically moderate." That would be good news, if true. I have my doubts, though. An informal survey of CJLF's current and recent students (admittedly, a small sample size) had mixed results. Cohen also maintains that the newer generation of academics leans more toward number-driven research as opposed to more subjective inquiries...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on July 07, 2008 (boomark / email).