Heterodox Academy is the world’s largest nonpartisan nonprofit member organization of 5,400+ university faculty, staff, and students committed to improving research and education by promoting the ideals of viewpoint diversity, open inquiry, and constructive disagreement.
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“We must welcome the debate, modeling for our students how to listen more intently to understand competing perspectives and learn from the rich diversity of people and ideas on our campuses.”
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“I firmly believe in the mission of this group and am — as a political scientist — working each day to create a more respectful space for open dialogue in my classes.”
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“Engagement with people who are broadly diverse, in terms of experience and ideas, is essential for promoting understanding in both senses of that word: knowledge and empathy.”
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“I want the university to prioritize truth-seeking above all other kinds of missions, and I think a commitment to viewpoint diversity is essential to achieving that. I want to be part of a community that shares that value.”
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“We don’t lose ourselves in some homogeneous kumbaya union. No. We acknowledge our differences. We acknowledge the ways in which we might look at the world through different lenses. And yet we can still be mutually empowered.”
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“In a very short period Heterodox Academy has become the nation’s leading champion of intellectual honesty, open debate and viewpoint diversity — for a very simple reason: its members practice the intellectual virtues that they preach.”
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“No organization in the history of American academic life has done, or is doing, more to promote the basic freedoms of viewpoint diversity we urgently need in our colleges and universities today than Heterodox Academy.”
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“After 30 years of teaching at five universities in three countries, I am increasingly concerned at the lack of support for any opinions outside the accepted narrative.”
The latest at Heterodox
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Heterodox DialoguesPart 2 | Heterodox Dialogue: Rethinking Academic Freedom
Jonathan Marks and Michael Bérubé continue their debate around academic freedom.read the full blog Heterodox DialoguesPart I | Heterodox Dialogue: Rethinking Academic Freedom
Michael Bérubé and Jonathan Marks model constructive disagreement as they debate approaches to academic freedom.read the full blog
Book SummaryThe Art of Insubordination: A Handbook for Designing Smarter, Wiser Groups
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EventExclusive Screening and Discussion of The Abortion Talks | November 29, 2022
The Abortion Talks, a new documentary, offers a convincing look at the value of constructive disagreement around an emotionally-charged topic that is front-of-mind for many of our students. Can we learn from these efforts?event details EventExclusive Screening and Discussion of The Abortion Talks | November 10, 2022
The Abortion Talks, a new documentary, offers a convincing look at the value of constructive disagreement around an emotionally-charged topic that is front-of-mind for many of our students. Can we learn from these efforts?event details
Opinion PieceUniversities Should Adopt Institutional Neutrality
Institutional neutrality is the idea that the university “cannot take collective action on the issues of the day without endangering the conditions for its existence and effectiveness.” UNC adopted it; others should follow suit.read the full blog EventMember Spotlight: Improving Student Discourse at UNC
UNC Program for Public Discourse Director and HxA member Kevin Marinelli will discuss strategies the PPD has employed to foster robust civil discourse on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.event details EventMoreMember Spotlight: The Fourth Branch — How Local Newspapers Can Rewrite Our Fragmented World
Matthew Hitt, Monfort Professor and Associate Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University, will discuss his research into the profound and unexpected ways local newspapers could potentially heal America’s political chasms.event details
