A Tufts professor says higher ed is ideologically homogenous, and wants to do something about it

Tufts University professor Eitan Hersh says colleges like the one he works at are too ideologically narrow — shutting out ideas from conservatives, religious people and others outside the academic mainstream.

This fall, he says he's trying to remedy that with the launch of the new Tufts Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education. Hersh joins WBUR's Morning Edition.