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'''David Horowitz''' is a conservative author and political commentator. In  the [[1960s]] he was a [[Marxism|Marxist]] in the American [[New Left]] movement, but today holds [[conservative]] views. Because of this evolution, he is often dubbed a [[neoconservative]]. 

(contracted; show full)promoting his "[[Academic Bill of Rights]]," an eight-point manifesto that seeks to eliminate alleged political bias in university hiring and grading. Horowitz claims that [[liberal bias]] in universities amounts to indoctrination, and charges that conservatives and particularly Republicans are 'systematically excluded' from faculties. He has often attempted to prove this by examining party registrations of faculty members[http://select.nytimes.com/2005/10/11/opinion/11tierney.html?hp].
 The student government of [[Bates College]] has endorsed his Bill of Rights.[http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/archive/2005/June/PortlandPressHeraldBatesCollege061305.htm]  Critics, such as [[Stanley Fish]], have argued that "academic diversity," as cited in the bill, is not a legitimate academic value. This is a normal course of argument for Fish, who frequently argues that no endorsement of a concept like "diversity" can be absolute. [http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i23/23b01301.htm]
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