Viewpoint
Diversity
Teaching and scholarship are better when we don’t all think the same, which is why viewpoint diversity is one of HxA’s core values.
When people with a wide range of worldviews, backgrounds, and experiences are present and welcomed, academic communities can more effectively notice untested assumptions, imagine and explore new questions and answers, rigorously challenge popular theories, and make continued progress toward truth. But when academic groups are more homogeneous, their work can suffer from blind spots and groupthink.
Viewpoint diversity that enriches academic life can derive from differences in socioeconomic status, political and philosophical views, religion, life experience, personality, cognition, and specific cultural backgrounds, and the more commonly discussed categories of race, gender, and sexual orientation.
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- S2 Episode 36: Can This AI Tool Save Campus Dialogue? With Simon CullenMay 20, 2025+Simon Cullen+Viewpoint Diversity+Constructive Disagreement+Open Inquiry+STEM+Academic Freedom
- S2 Episode 35: Is Sociology Broken? Jukka Savolainen on Ideology and ReformMay 6, 2025+Jukka Savolainen+Viewpoint Diversity+Constructive Disagreement+Open Inquiry+STEM+Academic Freedom
- As the DOJ questions journals, how can we reasonably promote “competing viewpoints” in science?April 28, 2025+Nicole Barbaro Simovski+Viewpoint Diversity+STEM
- S2 Episode 34: How Universities Lost the Public—and How to Win Them Back+Viewpoint Diversity+Constructive Disagreement+Open Inquiry+Institutional Neutrality
- How can academics broaden viewpoint diversity on their own campuses?April 9, 2025+Alice Dreger+Viewpoint Diversity
- S2 Episode 33: Trump vs. Academia: Inside the Battle Over Campus SpeechApril 8, 2025+Joe Cohn+Viewpoint Diversity+Constructive Disagreement+Open Inquiry+Institutional Neutrality
- This Is Why Top Scientists Are Walking Away | Dorian AbbotApril 4, 2025+Dorian Abbot+STEM+Institutional Neutrality+Viewpoint Diversity+Open Inquiry
- Improving Viewpoint Diversity in Higher Ed: Are Checks and Balances the Answer?+Viewpoint Diversity+Virtual only
- S2 Episode 32: Confronting Anti-Semitism in Higher Education With Cary NelsonMarch 18, 2025+Cary Nelson+Viewpoint Diversity+Constructive Disagreement+Open Inquiry
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