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Selected quotes from the article posted by David8814wguy:

PS: Political Science & Politics (2008), 41: 773-783 Cambridge University Press

Indoctrination U.? Faculty Ideology and Changes
in Student Political Orientation
Mack D. Mariani, Xavier University
Gordon J. Hewitt, Hamilton College
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That's why I gave you Daniel Klein's insight. He is a known liberal. He is one of the many liberal professors that say that the establishment is liberal. He disagreed with the study - which was done by one Republican and one Democrat. To deny that the majority of professors have a liberal bias is simply sticking your head in the sand.
Does this bias affect the thinking of students? It would be irrational to deny it. It is also irrational to deny that parents' ideology would not affect their children's thinking. Every interaction that a person has WILL have some affect - however, some will leave a greater impression.

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/03/27/politics

I have a question for you. Why do you think that the majority of children that come from a conservative family, tend to become more liberal in their viewpoint by the time they graduate college, and then tend to return to more conservative tendencies later in life? Perhaps because interaction over the course of their life makes impressions?

BTW - Personally, I feel that BOTH opposing viewpoints should be taught without bias, and let the students learn and decide for themselves.