Report says 27 Yale departments have no Republican faculty

A new report cited by the New York Post claims that dozens of academic departments at Yale University have no Republican faculty members, raising renewed questions about political diversity in elite higher education.

The report, released by the Buckley Institute, found that 27 out of 43 undergraduate departments at Yale do not have a single registered Republican among their faculty. The study examined undergraduate programs as well as the university’s School of Management and Law School.

“For the third year in a row, our research has highlighted the significant political and ideological imbalance among Yale’s faculty,” Lauren Noble, founder and executive director of the Buckley Institute, said in a statement.

“Yale has committed repeatedly over decades to fostering an environment conducive to open debate and discussion but has all but excluded diversity of opinion through its hiring process,” Noble said.

The report estimates that nearly 83 percent of Yale faculty are registered Democrats or primarily support Democratic candidates. More than 15 percent identify as independent, while fewer than 3 percent are Republicans.

“With such a dramatic ideological chasm between the Yale campus and the country, it is not hard to see why trust for higher education is so low,” Noble added.

The Buckley Institute also referenced Yale’s own Woodward Report, which outlines the university’s commitment to free speech and open academic exchange.

“Yale’s principles on free speech, as encapsulated in the Woodward Report, recognize that for Yale to fulfill its core function, the ‘free interchange of ideas is necessary not only within its walls but with the world beyond as well,’” the report states.

“The monolithic ideological lean of the Yale faculty indicates that the university is falling short in that regard.”

In response, Yale said it does not track political affiliations of faculty members.

“Yale does not track or comment on the political affiliations of individual faculty members,” the university said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital and cited by the New York Post.

The university stressed that it remains committed to academic freedom, open debate, and free expression through various campus initiatives and student organizations.