Heterodox Academy is a nonpartisan collaborative of 5,000+ professors, educators, administrators, staff, and students who are committed to enhancing the quality of research and education by promoting open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement in institutions of higher learning.
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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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HxAnnouncementThird Round of FFO Grant Recipients Announced
We’re pleased to recognize the third round of members who have been awarded HxA’s Flexible Funding Opportunity (FFO) grant.Read More
Opinion PieceHow Simplistic Narratives Can Mislead Us: A Case Study of the Galileo Affair
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HxAnnouncementQ&A with Kyle Sebastian Vitale, Co-editor of Shakespeare and Digital Pedagogy: Case Studies and Strategies
HxA’s Director of Programs, Kyle Vitale, discusses his upcoming book "Shakespeare and Digital Pedagogy: Case Studies and Strategies". The book examines innovations, traditions, and gaps in the 21st century Shakespeare classroom.Read More
Research SummarySelecting and Surviving Your Graduate Program: Tips Based on a Recent Heterodox Academy Survey
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HxAnnouncementThe Deep Differences Project: Reimagining Religious Diversity in the Academy
In the Spring 2021, IFYC and HxA invited over 100 scholars and thought leaders across the North American academy to reflect on the following question: How might we effectively and meaningfully center religious diversity in higher education?Read More
EventThe Good, the Bad, and the Surprising: How Pandemics Change Us (w/ Nicholas Christakis)
Nicholas Christakis, Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University and author of Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live, will discuss the medical and sociological impacts of past plagues and what steps…Read More
