Agreed- I was really interested in the facts cited at the start, less so in the citation-less analysis later. So I looked into the report cited many, many times

Agreed- I was really interested in the facts cited at the start, less so in the citation-less analysis later. So I looked into the report cited many, many times- it's from the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology. Looking into them, influence watch says "The organization primarily reports on bias against conservatives. CSPI provides research grants of $2,000-$15,000 to applicants to study incidents or trends of bias against conservatives." https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/center-for-study-of-partisanship-and-ideology-cspi/ https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/center-for-study-o... On a side note, I'd really prefer not stating something as fact, then linking only to a 200 page report without any hints about where to actually find the info. Edit: I'm not thrilled with the linked report in general, but: The author says > Nearly a quarter of American social science and humanities academics support dismissing colleagues who have unorthodox views in areas such as immigration or gender differences. From page 24 of the report, I see where the author finds this information, but it's worth noting the support for dismissing academics comes almost entirely from the topic "women and minorities lower organizational performance"- more conventionally conservative topics don't seem to have anything like a similar rate. I can't find anything obviously like the 4 out of 5 PhD students discriminating against right wing scholars.