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Liberal Bias in the College Classroom: A Review of the Evidence (or Lack Thereof)

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Ideology in the Classroom
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , July 2021 , pp. 598 - 602
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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