Only about one in 10 Ivy League trustees identifies as Republican, while Yale has no Republican trustees at all, according to a new report fueling debate over ideological diversity at the nation’s most elite universities.
“Yale is a leader in many things, but ideological homogeneity shouldn’t be one of them,” Lauren Noble, Buckley Institute founder and executive director, said in a statement.
“Looking at the dramatic ideological imbalance across Ivy League governing bodies, it’s little surprise that so much has gone awry on campus,” Noble continued. “If America’s top universities truly want to fix the echo chamber in the classroom, they will need to address the echo chamber among their own leadership.”
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The report, “The Echo Chamber on Top: Governance in the Ivy League,” found that Democrats outnumber Republicans 6 to 1 among Ivy League trustees.
The report said that, of the 233 total Ivy League trustees identified, 155, or 67%, were registered Democrats; 52, or 22%, were unaffiliated; and 26, amounting to 11%, were Republicans.
In total, the report said, it found a 6-to-1 ratio of Democrats to Republicans on Ivy League trustee boards and highlighted that Yale’s sole governing body, the Yale Corporation, had zero registered Republicans in its membership.
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The report also found a comparable discrepancy among political donations.
“Though a small number of individuals accounted for the bulk of political donations on several boards, total political giving to Democrats outnumbered political giving to Republicans at a 4-to-1 rate,” the Buckley Institute said in a press release on the report.
“In total, Ivy League trustees gave $85.5 million to Democratic causes and campaigns and only $22.4 million to Republican causes and campaigns.”
In this area as well, the report found that Yale trustees gave $5.8 million to Democrats and a little more than $102,000 to Republicans, highlighting it as a 50-to-1 ratio.
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The report also found that, among Ivy League schools, Cornell stood out as the only university whose trustees donated more money to Republican causes than Democratic ones, although more individual trustees gave to Democratic candidates and organizations than to Republicans.
“Members of the Yale Corporation draw on a wide range of knowledge, including experience in professional leadership; expertise in higher education, non-profit and for-profit organizations, and investments; and a commitment to furthering Yale’s mission and priorities, independent of political views,” a spokesperson for Yale told Fox News Digital in a statement.
“Trustees connect regularly with Yale faculty, alumni, students and staff to hear their direct input and ensure a broad perspective is reflected in their guidance to Yale’s leaders. Yale is committed to fostering open debate, preserving freedom of expression and creating an environment in which a wide range of ideas can be expressed and heard civilly — principles articulated in Yale’s landmark Woodward Report and advanced through a wide range of campus initiatives.
A January report from Yale Daily News found that professors at the Ivy League school overwhelmingly donated to Democrats and essentially donated nothing to Republicans last year, with 97.6% of donations going to Democrats and the remaining 2.4% going to independent candidates or groups.
Fox News Digital reached out to Cornell for comment.
