Heterodox Academy

A non-partisan collaborative of educators who believe open inquiry, diverse viewpoints, & constructive disagreement are critical to research & education.

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🔔OUT NOW: Trust. The new issue of HxA's inquisitive.

Is higher ed cooked? Can universities restore trustworthiness as well as trust? Can we still think in an AI-driven age?

All this and more.👇

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@tomginsburg 🔎See the full discussion: https://t.co/iC1U0oKTaR

⏰See our upcoming events: https://t.co/7E6Fao4APP

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🗣️ Faculty speech: in need of more discernment or more support? Or both?

@tomginsburg and John Wilson contrast their views in this Heterodox Conversation, a cross-network organized by Indiana University Bloomington’s HxA Campus Chapter:

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@Hartz_PhD @epkaufm 🔗Find out which topics were deemed off-limits: https://t.co/ZOrbPQ3gSj

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🔎 Where does the pressure on professors to avoid "controversial" topics come from?

In a new survey of HxA members, many gave the same answer: other professors.

In collaboration with @Hartz_PhD and @epkaufm, this new survey identifies which topics feel off-limits on campus and why.

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Social science systematically skews progressive, impairing our knowledge about the world. Here are the off-limits topics & perspectives that @HdxAcademy and us found in our new survey:

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@epkaufm @Hartz_PhD 🔗Get the full story: https://t.co/7ux8DXypkr

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❌When open inquiry shrinks, so does the scope of what scholars study.

In collaboration with @epkaufm and @Hartz_PhD, this new survey of HxA members shows exactly which topics some scholars feel are off limits:

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🔎In a recent survey, many HxA members say that on campus certain lines of inquiry are off limits: https://t.co/i2w5DdWB5S

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@tomginsburg 🔎See the full discussion: https://t.co/LTzVHiBNdP

⏰See our upcoming events: https://t.co/8lfAt0MuOX

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🗣️ Does a university protect free speech by staying neutral, or silence it?

@tomginsburg and John Wilson compare their contrasting views in this Heterodox Conversation, organized by Indiana University Bloomington’s HxA Campus Chapter:

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@DrSimonCullen @SwayBeta 🔎 How Sway is breaking echo chambers: https://t.co/0I7Mzsqie9

🎓How joining HxA can help you make a difference on your campus: https://t.co/oRr2GoqpTU

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🧠 The classroom should challenge echo chambers, not reinforce them.

HxA research fellow @DrSimonCullen is using the AI-guided app @SwayBeta to help students practice engaging with opposing views constructively.

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🔗John Tomasi's new interview on the urgent need for viewpoint diversity in higher ed: https://t.co/i20yQCPf6R

🔎How HxA is equipping faculty, staff, and campus leaders: https://t.co/znwQ1mLJb6

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🎓 We must love our universities enough to hold them to the high standards that made them places of excellence.

And that means bringing open inquiry and viewpoint diversity back to higher ed.

[UC Center for Free Speech & Civic Engagement @ucfreespeech]

🆕 #SpeechMatters podcast episode!

Tune in to “Beyond the Politics of Viewpoint Diversity” with guests Milad Mohebali from the @UNLincoln and John Tomasi from @HdxAcademy.

▶️ https://t.co/8afk2j4OjY

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🔎Find the HxA chapter on your campus or learn how to start one: https://t.co/eqC3IutWJc

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🧠Debate about campus policy must reach the people who write it.

@IUBloomington’s HxA Campus Chapter hosted a Heterodox Conversation on institutional neutrality with @tomginsburg and John K. Wilson. It drew about 150 students, faculty, and administrators, and led to follow-up meetings with the chancellor and provost.

Chapter co-chair Mark Fraley is one of many members using HxA’s Campus Chapter network to make change on his campus.

[Matt Burgess @matthewgburgess]

Looking forward to the next @HdxAcademy conversation at @unlv this Friday with @AndrewDessler. We're going to focus on adaptation optimism/pessimism, policy implications of damage uncertainty, and more. Should be fun! Details below.

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"DAC should be in every college classroom in America." —@mkcary

💡Bring constructive disagreement to your campus: https://t.co/zmJomv9aVm

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🎓Do students just need to argue on behalf of opposing views more often?

The data show one HxA member's debate program is helping thousands of students handle opposing views more constructively: