The Baffling ‘Bull’ Behind Title IX
…two-hour presentation by my students and me. The study was featured on a psychology podcast, and recently, the Heterodox Academy hosted my presentation on our study for their legal and…
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The Dead-End Gospel of Viewpoint Diversity
…indispensable guide for any modern democratic society. Haidt’s plan for salvation? With two colleagues, he founded Heterodox Academy—an advocacy organization whose mission is to “[advance] the principles of open inquiry,…
Minding the Sciences — California Buries Science
…board of the National Association of Scholars and is also currently a faculty fellow at Heterodox Academy. She is co-author of Repatriation and Erasing the Past (2020). Image: Adobe Stock…
Eulogy for a Dream
…of the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism and the language of Heterodox Academy. It was denied college and district support because—and this was stated specifically—it did not align with the…
The State of the University: An Anthropologist’s Perspective
…toward more neutral ground regarding diversity, inclusion, and equity requirements. Heterodox Academy has also published a recent op-ed by Musa al-Gharbi, in which he documented a decrease in “woke” research….
A Glimmer of Hope at Stanford
…imperially minded administrators who push troubling identity politics at their institutions. Others have been standing up for academic freedom, open debate, and free speech in groups like Heterodox Academy and…
Diversity is Important. Diversity-Related Training is Terrible.
…been robustly empirically tested for real-world effectiveness at substantially and durably changing behaviors. A version of this article was originally published by Heterodox Academy. Image: You X Ventures, Public Domain…
The Assault on Free Thought
…(FIRE) deserves pride of place among the defenders. Heterodox Academy has done an admirable job sticking up for liberal academics who have found themselves ostracized by the hard left. My…
The Cult of Diversity Shows Its True Face
…an anthropologist and social psychologist, not a political scientist. Jonathan Haidt, who founded Heterodox Academ, recognized this a few years ago, and he has nobly led the effort to reform…
Are Colleges Turning Out Our Most Self-Absorbed and Fragile Generation?
…faith focused on a few leftist idols. Haidt founded the Heterodox Academy, a membership group open to all academics, as a counter-balance to leftist omphaloskepsis. But to maintain credibility with…
The Growing Threat of Repressive Social Justice
…that “[b]y 2006 … the ratio of Democrats to Republicans had climbed to more than 11:1.” The six authors, all from different universities and members of the Heterodox Academy, also…
A Tide Flowing Toward Free Speech on Campus
…Academy “Open Mind” conference, where 25 of 28 speakers came from the liberal left to voice their complaints about the left’s suppression of free speech on campus. As Heterodox Academy…
The Long Plight of the Right on Campus
…his important study, The Anatomy of Antiliberalism, “Public disagreement is a creative force may have been the most novel and radical principle of liberal politics.” Chart: Courtesy of Heterodox Academy….
Here’s What Happens as Campuses Turn Further Left
…in psychology) meaning that these figures most likely underestimate the current left-to-right ratio across the social sciences. In response to this problem, Haidt and others formed the Heterodox Academy website,…
At Yale, ’Politics Is Imposed on Everything We Read’
…to be a generation of adults whose liberal arts educations were hijacked by political debate. Excerpted from Heterodox Academy by a center-left student who voted for Hillary and dislikes Trump….
Four Lessons for Professors from Recent Campus Tumult
…willing to use violence against you, and you can assume that many members of the mob believe that violence against you is morally justifiable. Excerpted with permission from Heterodox Academy…
Do We need a Watchlist for Ideological Professors?
…advance leftist propaganda in the classroom.” The Watchlist was immediately condemned as “pernicious and misguided” by Heterodox Academy (HXA), a non-aligned site but normally a de facto ally of conservatives…
Universities Torn Between Truth Seeking and Social Justice
…an original article of ours nor a reprint published with permission. It should have run–and appears now–as an excerpt referring readers back to its original site, Heterodox Academy. We regret…
Conservative vs. Liberal, Plato vs. Descartes
…local government, organized religion, and reading the great books of the Greeks and Romans, if possible in their original languages. That’s why Haidt founded his “Heterodoxy Academy.” The truth is…
Finally, One Major Campus Condemns Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces
…important initiative has appeared in this unlikely month of August: NYU professor Jonathan Haidt of Heterodox Academy has called on students to declare whether they are satisfied with what many…
Which Will Be America’s First Heterodox University?
…the politically diverse world you’ll find after graduation. Heterodox Academy is, therefore, launching an initiative to empower students who want greater viewpoint diversity on campus. Working with students at several…
Why Do Our High Schools Teach Grievance and Oppression?
Political orthodoxy and lack of viewpoint diversity in the academy is now a well-known problem, thanks in large part to Heterodox Academy and the many scholars who contribute to the…
Is the Glut of Liberals In Academia Benign?
…social psychologists associated with the Heterodox Academy and their concern with the increasing political imbalance of college faculties. “That social psychologists tend to be liberal cannot be surprising,” he points…
BDS: Jew-Hating Propagandists on the March
…a leftist ideological uniformity.” He sneers at the Heterodox Academy group, which, at Haidt’s lead, criticizes the left’s aversion to free speech. Stanley trivializes their complaint: “I told my mother…
Affirmative Action for Conservative Faculty?
…genuinely action-oriented movement. At the center of this movement is the Heterodox Academy, founded last year by a number of scholars who’ve made it their mission to promote more intellectual…
How the Leftist Monoculture Took Over the Campus
By Richard Vedder I didn’t sleep too well last night, thanks to Heterodox Academy’s (and NYU’s) Jonathan Haidt and John Leo, who recently carried on a provocative exchange in this…
A Conversation with Jonathan Haidt
On January 11, John Leo, editor of “Minding the Campus,” interviewed social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, one of the editors of the five-month-old site, “Heterodox Academy,” and perhaps the most prominent…
Social Psychology, a Field with Only 8 Conservatives
…Romney. I then emailed them and asked if I could write up further analyses of the political questions and post them at HeterodoxAcademy. They generously said yes, and then went…
Campus Turmoil Begins in High School
…people who don’t share their values. Especially when there are no adults around who don’t share their values. This article is reprinted with permission from Heterodox Academy. Jonathan Haidt is…
A College Guide to Viewpoint Diversity
With so many campuses under renewed pressure to create “safe spaces” from political speech and dissent, growing numbers are asking us at Heterodox Academy: Where can I (or my children)…