HxA survey results are in, and nearly half of students are reluctant to talk about politics, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or gender issues. It's clear: institutions need to foster a better climate for open inquiry.

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For interested parties, HxA has produced a nice resource explaining what institutional neutrality means, how it works, and answering common questions. Available here: heterodoxacademy.org/reports/extrao…

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Just wrapped up an important conversation with Heterodox Academy president John Tomasi about the protests spreading on campuses nationwide, and institutional responses to those protests. It's now live on HxA's YouTube channel. Some highlights below 🧵

#POV Keith E. Whittington While both protest and civil disobedience are forms of political expression, with different methods and goals. He discusses historical examples of civil disobedience and its potential effectiveness in effecting change. The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Reforms such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 received bipartisan support, but cross-party cooperation is penalized today. Discourse Magazine Bryan Gentry

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#POV Excessive government intervention in higher education is not the solution. Tony Banout
says a more balanced approach with collaboration between government and institutions will bettrer address issues in higher ed. Inside Higher Ed

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🚨We are live!

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#POV Title IX extended the Civil Rights Act to higher education in 1972. Most colleges borrow the government’s bureaucratic and vague language to create their sexual harassment prevention programs. Minding the Campus

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🚨 Join Heterodox Academy tomorrow for a pop-up conversation to discuss the recent campus protests featuring HxA President, John Tomasi, and Musa al-Gharbi, Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism at Stony Brook University.

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#POV Historically, the mission of higher education was to preserve, discover and disseminate the truth. Andrew Gillen says many colleges have abandoned this mission, instead seeking to promote social justice narratives.

Discourse Magazine Andrew Gillen
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John Tomasi and Azim Shariff delve deep into the multifaceted approach to DEI, discussing the pressing need to rethink and clarify the rationale behind diversity in faculty hiring and beyond.

Get all of Ep 14 of Heterodox Out Loud at heterodoxacademy.org/podcasts/episo…

ICYMI: 🎙️In Ep 14 of Heterodox Out Loud, John Tomasi is joined by Azim Shariff, a distinguished professor of psychology at University of British Columbia, to explore the complex landscape of DEI in higher education.

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Join The Council for Intellectual Values and Inclusive Community for a hybrid event featuring Prof. Mark Coeckelbergh to discuss the topic of Artificial Intelligence and Democracy alongside Prof. Eric Schwitzgebel.

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Max Klinger says that what is held up as ‘expert opinion’ is often little more than highly politicized work by progressive activists that has been laundered through academia. @maxklinger

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Alan Sokal argues that language is being used disingenuously in social and political argumentation. He explores the uses of redefinitions of the words “woman” and “racism.” The Critic

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Check out Ep 13 of Heterodox Out Loud: Unveiling the Ivy League Billion-Dollar Taxpayer Tab. John's guest is Adam Andrzejewski, founder and CEO of 'Open the Books,' an advocate for transparency in public finances.
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The House probe into antisemitism on campuses is a bipartisan effort to hold administrations across the country accountable. Columbia Daily Spectator editorial board says the committee’s interrogation was “disingenuous, often hostile, and conducted in bad faith.”
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