The Richard Lounsbery Foundation sponsored a new survey of political attitudes of American professors by Neil Gross (Harvard) and Solon Simmons (George Mason U.). Jesse offered opening remarks on behalf of Lounsbery at a lively symposium on “Professors and Their Politics” 6 October 2007 at Harvard to review and discuss the findings of the survey. Journalist Scott Jaschik provides and excellent account of the survey and symposium in Inside Higher Education.