The left’s “long march” through our institutions has been extraordinarily successful, nowhere more so than with our educational institutions. Schools, colleges, universities, accrediting agencies, research foundations — all are dominated by progressives who use their authority to undermine the liberal (in the word’s true meaning) society. Add to that list university presses.

In today’s Martin Center article, Duke professor John Staddon writes:

I had occasion to look recently at Duke University Press (DUP), whose book list is dominated by feminism, queer theory, and other race- and gender-related topics. Seeking some relief, I looked under the “Science and Technology Studies” subhead. Skipping the first entry, “Feminist Science Studies,” I went to the next, “Philosophy of Science,” hoping to find something less political. What I found at the top was this: Virgin Mary and the Neutrino: Reality in Trouble, a translation of a French book by Isabelle Stengers, originally published in 2006.

DUP publishes lots of nonsense books, Staddon finds. How did this happen? “Perhaps the problem is their Editorial Advisory Board,” he says, “which ‘was created in 1982 in order to bring the Press into a more active and meaningful relationship with the faculty.’” That board was an easy target for left activism and the elevation of a social-justice mindset.