Heterodox Academy is a group of 4,400+ professors, administrators, K-12 educators, staff & students who believe diverse viewpoints & open inquiry are critical to research & 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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Opinion PieceTo heal our religious divisions, we must embrace the unaffiliated soul of young Americans
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A Conversation with John McWhorter
Join us for a virtual conversation with John McWhorter about viewpoint diversity among Black intellectuals and the state of open inquiry in higher education today.Read More
Book SummaryScience Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth
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Perspectives NeededFive Years of Challenging Orthodoxies: Reflections on Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
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Recommended ReadingsPolitical Polarization Resource List
This resource list contains HxA tools, TED Talks, blog posts, and podcast episodes on the topic of political polarization.Read More
