🚨 A new study by economists at Cornell University and Universität Regensburg reveals that Americans have conflicting expectations for what universities should be doing. But they also have one key point of agreement.
Heterodox Academy
Higher Education
New York, NY 5,605 followers
HxA empowers academics to advance open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement across higher ed.
About us
Heterodox Academy (HxA) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit membership organization of thousands of faculty, staff, and students advocating for policy and culture changes that allow universities to be truth-seeking, knowledge generating institutions grounded in open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement. HxA empowers members to advance change on their campus, educates academics on the importance of our principles, and advocates for policies to protect open inquiry across higher education. Founded in 2015 by Jonathan Haidt, Chris Martin, and Nicholas Rosenkranz, HxA has been working for nearly a decade to educate academics about the value of viewpoint diversity in research and teaching, and create campus cultures in which open inquiry thrives. With over 50 HxA campus chapters and members at more than 1,800 institutions, HxA continues to advance its mission through its commitments to truth-seeking, courageous curiosity, and a belief in the potential of our institutions of higher education.
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https://heterodoxacademy.org
External link for Heterodox Academy
- Industry
- Higher Education
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2015
- Specialties
- Higher Education, Open Inquity, Viewpoint Diversity, Constructive Disagreement, Teaching, Academic Research, Academic Freedom, and Campus Expression
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82 Nassau Street
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New York, NY 10038, US
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⏰ TODAY: Join this free workshop with Mary Kate Cary to learn how you can bring more constructive disagreement to your campus.
💡Make your campus a leader in teaching constructive disagreement with this simple event. Ranked the top university for free speech in 2025 by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, University of Virginia's Mary Kate Cary will teach you to host "Disagree With A Professor," a popular event for students to practice: • Articulating their views • Responding thoughtfully to disagreement • Engaging ideas that challenge their assumptions 🎓 Save your spot for this workshop to promote open inquiry on your campus.
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🧠 Why are some universities struggling with groupthink on campus today? Losing sight of one of the early modern university's values: viewpoint diversity. 🎓 Viewpoint diversity means cultivating a wide range of perspectives on campus to ensure scholarly inquiry proceeds in an open and lively way. Here's why it's crucial for academia today:
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🎓 "We only weaken students, and ourselves, when we don’t wrestle with opposing ideas." For HxA's inquisitive magazine, University of South Carolina's Bryan Gentry explains what academia is losing when open inquiry is absent.
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❌ Even in institutions devoted to inquiry, some questions are quietly marked off-limits. Bryan Gentry explores this tension in HxA's new issue of inquisitive:
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💡"We can show people that open disagreement is not to be feared." Tom Ginsburg explains the role of constructive disagreement in academia:
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🧠 Why are some universities struggling with groupthink on campus today? Losing sight of one of the early modern university's values: viewpoint diversity. 🎓 Viewpoint diversity means cultivating a wide range of perspectives on campus to ensure scholarly inquiry proceeds in an open and lively way. Here's why it's crucial for academia today:
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💡Make your campus a leader in teaching constructive disagreement with this simple event. Ranked the top university for free speech in 2025 by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, University of Virginia's Mary Kate Cary will teach you to host "Disagree With A Professor," a popular event for students to practice: • Articulating their views • Responding thoughtfully to disagreement • Engaging ideas that challenge their assumptions 🎓 Save your spot for this workshop to promote open inquiry on your campus.
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