Join the UC Riverside HxA Campus Community for this discussion on merit in science.
Thursday, April 18, 2024, 12:30-2:00 pm PT. In-person at INTS 1109 or virtual with registration.

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Harvard University requires asst. professors to share their teaching philosophy, including a description of their “orientation toward diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.” But, diversity statements pose a challenge to academic freedom. The Harvard Crimson
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With the support of MIT Free Speech Alliance, HxA is proud to co-sponsor 'MIT Debate: Is Sex Binary?' with the Adam Smith Society on April 17.

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Is it the end of academic freedom? New York University shuts down poetry reading described as “a collective act of bearing witness” to the Israel-Hamas war. Students and faculty members were called into disciplinary meetings, and written warnings were issued.
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Last week to nominate for HxA's annual Open Inquiry Awards! We encourage you to submit your nominations for any of the five awards: Leadership, Courage, Exceptional Scholarship, Teaching and HxA Community Excellence.

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HxA is pleased to announce the awardees of its 2023-24 Open Inquiry in STEM Funding Competition: Dr. Julia Schaletzky, Dr. David Bamman, Dr. Danica Kulibert, Dr. Elizabeth Weiss, and Dr. Jason Manning.
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Change is coming to higher education. Let’s shape it together in Chicago at #HxA2024 Register Today!

Four years after COVID was declared a pandemic, Heterodox Academy convened scholars at the Stanford Faculty Club for a research summit: COVID and the Academy: What Have We Learned?

Get the insights from this one-day symposium at ow.ly/bqOX50Ra5GV

Change is coming to higher education. Let’s shape it together in Chicago at #HxA2024 this June!

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Amazing conversation last night on “Has DEI lost its way?” from Azim Shariff and Paulo Guadiano for UBC PPE Heterodox Academy Our speakers did a fantastic job modeling civil discourse and empirically grounded arguments.

Universities, including Harvard University, are becoming increasingly self-enclosed in an effort to seal students off from the 'distracting, dangerous world' outside the university. Is this wonderfully supportive or downright infantilizing? Rita Koganzon The Chronicle of Higher Education

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ICYMI: Heterodox Out Loud with John Tomasi: What Happens When Students Take Over the Class?
Mark Carnes talks about his innovative approach to teaching history, which he calls 'reacting to the past.'
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‼️ Upcoming Debate Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Wednesday, April 17th w/ Heterodox Academy MIT Free Speech Alliance Adam Smith Society!

Moderated by FAIR Advisor Nadine Strossen & panelists alex byrne A/Prof Holly Lawford-Smith Aaron Kimberly Alice Dreger, Ph.D.

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A pledge of $5M from the Mike & Sofia Segal Foundation will enable us to expand our membership, research & policy projects and deepen our impact. Our research center will be renamed to The Mike and Sofia Segal Center for Academic Pluralism.

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Submit your nominations through April 15 for HxA's Open Inquiry Awards! These five annual awards highlight individuals, groups, and institutions who do exemplary work promoting open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement.

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Dennis Tourish argues that requiring grants for research time, previously given as standard, will lend funders undue power over topics and methods. Times Higher Education

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The mission of higher education includes open inquiry, truth seeking, research, and debating ideas. How does DEI fit in? Nikki Rojas

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