University of Chicago research centers: biased?
CORES claims that the MFI will be a bastion for blind free-market ideology, therefore harming both campus intellectual debate and U of C’s reputation. However, we’ve seen more than one institute on campus that a critical mind would suspect, by name alone, to harbor political bias. Here are some examples of institutes that may appear to have a left or right political bias:
- George J. Stiger Center (Stigler was a leader the Chicago School of Economics)
- School of Social Service Administration
- Center for Gender Studies
- Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
- Disciples Divinity House
- Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory
The point of this list is to illustrate the risk of bias (we’re not claiming any of these institues are biased) in nearly any center on the University of Chicago campus named after a topic or person. As CORES is not railing against the existence of any of the above centers, I feel we can safely dismiss their concern, based on name & topic alone, that MFI would promote a political agenda.
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