It turns out there isn’t much political diversity at the University of Colorado.

Andrew Desiderio of the College Fix reports.

University of Colorado Bias Report Prompts Alarm

A “social climate” survey recently released by the University of Colorado found that while most students and faculty feel respected in general, when it comes to their political affiliation, they often feel attacked.

Underscoring those findings, nearly two-thirds of faculty across the CU system as a whole, which includes four campuses across the state, described themselves as “liberal,” while only about 13 percent called themselves “conservative.”

The survey also found only 6 percent of CU Boulder professors identify as Republicans, while 41 percent identify as Democrats.

This disparity – a seven-fold one – is not sitting well with Sue Sharkey, a Republican who sits on the Board of Regents for the University of Colorado system.

In an interview with The College Fix, Sharkey said universities “are better places if they promote a diversity of thought across the political and philosophical spectrums, and if they engage in spirited discussion that reflects varied viewpoints.”

While there were positive findings among the survey, what worried the board, Sharkey said, is that significant numbers of students said they experienced prejudice or discrimination “sometimes” or “frequently.”

In addition, particularly on the flagship Boulder campus, many students said they are not respected when it comes to their political affiliations and political philosophies.

Even more troubling, she said, an average of 61 percent of students across all University of Colorado campuses said they would not know how to report a complaint of discrimination.

“It is my hope with the policy we have in place, any student who experiences discrimination will report to the non-discrimination and harassment office at the university,” Sharkey said.