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Only about 1 in 10 Ivy League trustees identifies as Republican, while Yale has no Republican trustees at all, according to a new report that is 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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A recent report from Yale Daily News found that professors at Yale overwhelmingly donated to Democrats, with not one donation going to Republicans. (Photo: Plexi Images/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
The report, entitled, "The Echo Chamber on Top: Governance in the Ivy League," found that Democrats outnumber Republicans 6 to 1 amongst Ivy League trustees.
The report said that of the 233 total Ivy League trustees identified, 155, amounting to 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," 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.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Noble said, "Like 27 of Yale’s departments, the Yale Corporation has zero registered Republicans. Yale is a leader in many things, but ideological homogeneity shouldn’t be one of them. Looking at the dramatic ideological imbalance across Ivy League governing bodies, it’s little surprise that so much has gone awry on campus.
"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," Noble added.
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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 percent of donations going to Democrats, and the remaining 2.4 percent going to independent candidates or groups.
Fox News Digital reached out to Yale University and Cornell for comment.
