Last week, UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Charlotte won Heterodox Academy’s “Institutional Excellence Award” for having “done the most to advance or sustain open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement either … Continue reading “More Free-Speech Recognition for UNC Schools”
Heterodox Academy recently released findings from its Campus Expression Survey, which sheds light on how comfortable students feel discussing hot-button issues on campus. Here are some of the survey’s key … Continue reading “Did You Know? Results of New Campus Expression Survey”
Back in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, church officials felt it necessary to scrutinize every book or pamphlet for the slightest hint of heresy. If the work deviated from … Continue reading “The Campaign to Stamp Out Academic Heresy”
As academia becomes ever-more entrenched in groupthink, it can be intimidating to be a lone voice that refuses to toe the ideological line. And for good reason: failure to at … Continue reading “Speaking Out Against Censorship in Academia”
A few years ago, Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist, realized that most of his colleagues were on the Left. This is not necessarily a bad thing. People are allowed to … Continue reading “Intellectual Desegregation: What Heterodox Thought Requires from Academics”
As more students have headed to college and a degree is seen as a way to shape students as workers and as citizens, higher education’s mission has become more important. … Continue reading “Reforming Higher Education: A Reading List”
The politicization of higher education is a huge societal problem. Even though there is an overwhelming consensus that universities’ ultimate purpose should be a search for the truth and that … Continue reading “Six Ideas to De-Politicize the American Campus”
Zachary Wood is a remarkable young man. He’s black, attends a predominantly liberal elite college (Williams) and believes that robust and civil arguments are vital to America’s continuing success. He … Continue reading “When a Black Student Dares to Speak Up for Free Speech”