I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
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Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#2I once sat in on an academic research meeting where the PI of the group stated "If there are any Republicans in the room, leave, you are fired." They felt comfortable enough saying this even though there were obviously people there from outside the group and nothing like that could be kept secret.
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#3What school denied him? Because if was a public institution, bad on them.
But if it was a private university, then that's their right. Feel free to disagree with them, but a private university is allowed to have political views and admit folks to their programs based political views [1].
[1] http://education-law.lawyers.com/school-law/can-private-scho...
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#4If everyone in a research group thinks the same way and agrees on everything, why do you need a whole group?
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#5As someone who grew up in a strongly red area and with beliefs in that vein, I know EXACTLY the kind of exclusion that the author is talking about to a painful degree. For anyone who wants to experience it, walk into any Reddit discussion and tell everyone you're a devout Christian and watch the pseudo intellectuals exercise their "openness."
And yes it's true I'm far from the most religious person there is, and I strongly believe in birth control, women's rights, on and on, I am constantly assumed to be some Bible-thumping redneck by anyone who doesn't know me. It also doesn't help that I regularly enjoy working with my hands, building things, fixing things, which mind you when it comes to many things to fix there's a great deal of intelligence required, but because it's not the fancy coastal intelligence that gets you six figure jobs I'm assumed to be an idiot.
And then people wonder why Middle America has such a disdain for the cultures and intellectual achievement, after they've spent their entire learning lives being told how dumb they are by the snobs, most of whom can't even swap a tire for a donut without calling AAA.
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#6What school denied him? Because if was a public institution, bad on them. But if it was a private university, then that's their right. Feel free to disagree with them, but a private university is allowed to have political views and admit folks to their programs based political views [1]. [1] http://education-law.lawyers.com/school-law/can-private-scho...
>I recently (and successfully) defended my doctoral dissertation in social psychology at Arizona State University (don't call me Dr. until the degree confers in December, 2015, or just don't call me Dr...)
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#7What school denied him? Because if was a public institution, bad on them. But if it was a private university, then that's their right. Feel free to disagree with them, but a private university is allowed to have political views and admit folks to their programs based political views [1]. [1] http://education-law.lawyers.com/school-law/can-private-scho...
Whether they can or not is kind of irrelevant since our legal system isn't based on right or wrong otherwise we would just take every law at current face value and not try to lobby against them. I'm curious whether people feel that regardless of legal right if private universities SHOULD be able to do that.
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#8As someone who grew up in a strongly red area and with beliefs in that vein, I know EXACTLY the kind of exclusion that the author is talking about to a painful degree. For anyone who wants to experience it, walk into any Reddit discussion and tell everyone you're a devout Christian and watch the pseudo intellectuals exercise their "openness." And yes it's true I'm far from the most religious person there is, and I st…
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Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#9As someone who grew up in a strongly red area and with beliefs in that vein, I know EXACTLY the kind of exclusion that the author is talking about to a painful degree. For anyone who wants to experience it, walk into any Reddit discussion and tell everyone you're a devout Christian and watch the pseudo intellectuals exercise their "openness." And yes it's true I'm far from the most religious person there is, and I st…
No offense but if you are judging any large group by what a bunch of people say on an anonymous internet forum the problem is likely the fact you are taking the trolls to seriously.
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#10The fourth one was great. I grew up in D.C. visiting some of the greatest museums in the world until I was bored of them. But some of the strongest experiences I've had are attending church services with my wife and daughter and listening to sermons.