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Jonathan Turley
Princetonians for Free Speech's recent study on Princeton faculty political contributions is getting national attention — including from Jonathan Turley, law professor at George Washington University and one of the country's most widely read legal commentators.
In a piece titled "The Purge: Princeton Faculty Reach Perfect Zero Support for Republicans," Turley points to PFS's findings: 98% of faculty political contributions went to Democrats, 0% to Republicans as further evidence of what he calls the "near-complete ideological purging" of faculty ranks at elite universities. He draws a direct comparison to Yale, which he covered earlier this year after faculty there also reached zero recorded Republican donors.
Turley argues that this kind of ideological uniformity comes at a real cost to students,who at most schools have little chance to encounter a professor from the center-right. He also credits Princeton's James Madison Program, founded by Professor Robert George, as a rare counterexample — and notes similar programs it has since inspired elsewhere.
This is exactly the kind of visibility that turns a single study into a national conversation about viewpoint diversity in higher education.
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Princetonians for Free Speech (PFS) today released a first-of-its-kind study showing that 98% of reported political contributions by current Princeton faculty went to Democratic candidates or affiliated groups during the 2023-2024 election cycle. Independents and their affiliated groups received 2% of contributions, while Republicans and their affiliated groups received none.PFS said the findings point to a near-total absence of viewpoint diversity among the university's faculty.
Princetonians for Free Speech participated for the fifth time at the 5th Annual Campus Free Speech Roundtable, hosted by North Carolina Congressman Greg Murphy, MD, held in Washington, D.C. on December 12th.
This year, Executive Director Angela Smith represented PFS at this event. The purpose of the 90-minute roundtable was to hear from free speech experts, engaged alumni, representatives from the Trump Administration, and lawmakers about the importance of protecting free speech in higher education.
Stuart Taylor Jr., president of "Princetonians for Free Speech" and an RCP contributor, joined Tom Bevan, Friday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, to talk about the Trump administration’s decision to suspend hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to Princeton.
They discuss this piece by Christopher Rufo and Ryan Thorpe in City Journal: "Princeton’s War on Civil Rights"
