Fewer Harvard faculty members identifying as liberal, although staff still strongly left-leaning: Survey

A new Harvard Crimson survey found that most Harvard University Faculty in the Department of Arts and Sciences consider liberals, although fewer than in recent years.

“About 63% of Harvard teachers responded to the Crimson College of Arts and Sciences’ annual survey [FAS] Confirmation of liberals – the proportion of survey respondents who continue to steadily decline, who say their political beliefs are tilted to the left, “ Harvard Crimson Report Wednesday.

A crimson campus student newspaper found that in 2025, about 29% of respondents said they were “very free”, while 34% said they were “somewhat liberal.”

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Harvard arts and science teachers continue to lean to the left. (Getty Image)

The number of “very free” teachers has been growing since 2024, when 22% were identified as “very free” and 48% were “some liberals.” But 63% of the figures are below the 70% of the figures identified as liberals in 2024 and continue the recent trend. In 2023, more than 75% were identified as liberals, and in 2022, more than 82% did.

In 2024, teachers without arts and science reported being “very conservative”, but in 2025, 1% of arts and science teachers said they were “very conservative”.

The survey, which opened from April 23 to May 12, was sent to “1,400 faculty, including lifelong and non-lifelong track teachers and collected names from the FAS’s public headers. The teachers were asked about demographic information, political, political and campus issues” and received 406 responses.

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The survey was provided by student newspapers to more than 1,400 faculty and staff. (iStock)

Quote Harvard Crimson Column Articles Government professor Harvey C. Mansfield said the Ivy League should have more ideas.

“Harvard needs it Conservative teacher Mansfield wrote in March: “To improve the quality of commonly heard and thought, expand the scope of its moral and political views, and help restore demanding academic rating standards.

Harvard Crimson also asked professors whether schools should hire more conservatives.

Only 8% said they “strongly agree” “Harvard should make a consistent effort to hire more conservative teachers,” 15% said they “somewhat agree”, 20% said they “don’t agree or disagree”, 23% said they “somewhat disagree”, and 34% said they “small disagree”.

In 2024, Harvard Arts & Science teachers were not allegedly “very conservative”, but in 2025, 1% of arts and science teachers said they were “very conservative”. (Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images)

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