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Zack Beauchamp of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' maintains that "by working to promote the idea that liberal bias and...political correctness is [sic] a crisis, they provide ammunition" to conservative lawmakers who would pass laws to restrict academic freedom. On a more concessive note, Beauchamp acknowledges that "Heterodox Academy’s core staff are too principled to support such measures."'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/31/17718296/campus-free-speech-political-correctness-musa-al-gharbi|title=The myth of a campus free speech crisis|date=31 August 2018}}</ref>
Zack Beauchamp of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' maintains that "by working to promote the idea that liberal bias and...political correctness is [sic] a crisis, they provide ammunition" to conservative lawmakers who would pass laws to restrict academic freedom. On a more concessive note, Beauchamp acknowledges that "Heterodox Academy’s core staff are too principled to support such measures."'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/31/17718296/campus-free-speech-political-correctness-musa-al-gharbi|title=The myth of a campus free speech crisis|date=31 August 2018}}</ref>


In a July 2021 ''University World News'' article, historian of education [[Jonathan Zimmerman]] reported on faculty members’ concern about the consequences of dissent: "In a survey of 445 professors conducted last year by Heterodox Academy, over half said that they believed expressing a dissenting view at work could harm their careers."<ref>Jonathan Zimmerman, [https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210701102456794 "Universities, we have a problem we are afraid to speak of,"] ''University World News: The Global Window on Higher Education'', 1 July 2021</ref><ref>[[John McWhorter|McWhorter, John]]. [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/09/academics-are-really-really-worried-about-their-freedom/615724/ "Academics Are Really, Really Worried About Their Freedom,"] ''The Atlantic Monthly'', September 1, 2020</ref>
Marcy Van Fossen et al. write that "A recent [Heterodox Academy] study surveyed students from hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities and found that 62% reported that students are reluctant to state their views in the classroom due to a perceived campus culture that does not support viewpoint diversity (Stiksma, 2021). The most common reasons for students’ reticence were that other students or professors would criticize their views as offensive or wrong".<ref>Marcy Van Fossen, James P. Burns, Thomas Lickona & Larry Schatz, [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03057240.2021.1964452 "Teaching virtue virtually: can the virtue of tolerance of diversity of conscience be taught online?"] Journal of Moral Education (2021), 1.</ref><ref>Harry Bruinius, [https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2021/0701/Why-free-speech-is-under-attack-from-right-and-left "Why free speech is under attack from right and left,"] ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'', July 21, 2021</ref><ref>Matthias Revers & Richard Traunmüller, [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11577-020-00713-z?fbclid=IwAR0FHICW-0BXbI%20u8h590W4m-4Ndhj-Pv6JkN281oGAEmsDr3SP4HekpHuo "Is Free Speech in Danger on University Campus? Some Preliminary Evidence from a Most Likely Case,"] K''ZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie'' volume 72, pages471–497 (2020) </ref> In a July 2021 ''University World News'' article, historian of education [[Jonathan Zimmerman]] reported on faculty members’ concern about the consequences of dissent: "In a survey of 445 professors conducted last year by Heterodox Academy, over half said that they believed expressing a dissenting view at work could harm their careers."<ref>Jonathan Zimmerman, [https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210701102456794 "Universities, we have a problem we are afraid to speak of,"] ''University World News: The Global Window on Higher Education'', 1 July 2021</ref><ref>[[John McWhorter|McWhorter, John]]. [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/09/academics-are-really-really-worried-about-their-freedom/615724/ "Academics Are Really, Really Worried About Their Freedom,"] ''The Atlantic Monthly'', September 1, 2020</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 07:54, 3 December 2021

Heterodox Academy
AbbreviationHxA
Formation2015; 9 years ago (2015)
FounderJonathan Haidt and Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz
Location
Interim Executive Director
Manon Loustaunau
Websiteheterodoxacademy.org

Heterodox Academy (HxA) is a non-profit advocacy group of academics working to counteract what they see as a lack of viewpoint diversity on college campuses, especially political diversity.[1] It was founded in 2015 by Jonathan Haidt, a professor of psychology and ethics, and Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, a constitutional law scholar.

History

In 2011,

2015–16 University of Missouri protests, coincided with an increase in membership.[3]

Membership was initially open to tenured and pre-tenure professors, but has been expanded to

graduate students, and postdoctorals. The group has a selective membership application process which is partly intended to address imbalances toward any particular political ideology.[3] In July 2017, the group had 800 members internationally.[3][5] As of February 2018, around 1,500 college professors had joined Heterodox Academy, along with a couple hundred graduate students.[1]

In 2018, Debra Mashek, a professor of psychology at Harvey Mudd College, was appointed as the executive director of Heterodox Academy.[1][6] In 2020, the organization had around 4,000 members.[7]

Programs and activities

In 2016 and 2017, Heterodox Academy published an annual Heterodox Academy Guide to Colleges, a

ranking based on "political conformity and orthodoxy".[5][8][9][10]

In June 2018, Heterodox Academy held an inaugural Open Mind Conference in New York City, featuring several academic guests recently involved in campus

Lucía Martínez Valdivia, Allison Stanger, Alice Dreger, and Heather Heying.[11][12]

Heterodox Academy operates an online platform named "Open Mind" that seeks to reduce political polarization in schools and workplaces. The organization also administers a "Campus Expression Survey", designed to allow professors and college administrators to survey their students' feelings about freedom of expression on campus.[13]

Ideology and reception

Heterodox Academy describes itself as non-partisan.[6] In 2018, the group's website described its mission as encouraging political diversity to allow dissent and challenge errors.[6]

Zack Beauchamp of Vox maintains that "by working to promote the idea that liberal bias and...political correctness is [sic] a crisis, they provide ammunition" to conservative lawmakers who would pass laws to restrict academic freedom. On a more concessive note, Beauchamp acknowledges that "Heterodox Academy’s core staff are too principled to support such measures."'[14]

Marcy Van Fossen et al. write that "A recent [Heterodox Academy] study surveyed students from hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities and found that 62% reported that students are reluctant to state their views in the classroom due to a perceived campus culture that does not support viewpoint diversity (Stiksma, 2021). The most common reasons for students’ reticence were that other students or professors would criticize their views as offensive or wrong".[15][16][17] In a July 2021 University World News article, historian of education Jonathan Zimmerman reported on faculty members’ concern about the consequences of dissent: "In a survey of 445 professors conducted last year by Heterodox Academy, over half said that they believed expressing a dissenting view at work could harm their careers."[18][19]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Friedersdorf, Conor (February 6, 2018). "A New Leader in the Push for Diversity of Thought on Campus". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on May 25, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Tierney, John (February 7, 2011). "Social Scientist Sees Bias Within". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Goldstein, Evan R. (June 11, 2017). "The Gadfly: Can Jonathan Haidt Calm the Culture Wars?". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Vol. 63, no. 40 (published July 7, 2017). pp. B6–9. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  4. ^ "Variety and Heterodox Academy: The Chris Martin Interview". TheBestSchools.org. August 2016. Archived from the original on March 6, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Belkin, Douglas (June 24, 2017). "Colleges Pledge Tolerance for Diverse Opinions, But Skeptics Remain". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Lerner, Maura (April 24, 2018). "Nurturing a new diversity on campus: 'Diversity of thought'". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  7. ^ Wehner, Peter (May 24, 2020). "Jonathan Haidt Is Trying to Heal America's Divisions". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  8. ^ Richardson, Bradford (October 24, 2016). "Harvard among least intellectually diverse universities: Report". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  9. ^ "The Heterodox Academy Guide to Colleges: Starting A Methodological Discussion". Heterodox Academy. October 27, 2016.
  10. ^ "Heterodox Academy Releases Updated Guide to Colleges | HeterodoxAcademy.org". November 4, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-11-04.
  11. ^ Rubenstein, Adam (June 22, 2018). "Heterodoxy Now". The Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  12. ^ Bartlett, Tom (June 21, 2018). "A Conference's Recipe for 'Viewpoint Diversity': More Free Play, More John Stuart Mill". The Chronicle of Higher Education. New York. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  13. ^ Mikics, David (July 21, 2019). "The High Priest of Heterodoxy". Tablet. New York, New York. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  14. ^ "The myth of a campus free speech crisis". 31 August 2018.
  15. ^ Marcy Van Fossen, James P. Burns, Thomas Lickona & Larry Schatz, "Teaching virtue virtually: can the virtue of tolerance of diversity of conscience be taught online?" Journal of Moral Education (2021), 1.
  16. Christian Science Monitor
    , July 21, 2021
  17. ^ Matthias Revers & Richard Traunmüller, "Is Free Speech in Danger on University Campus? Some Preliminary Evidence from a Most Likely Case," KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie volume 72, pages471–497 (2020)
  18. ^ Jonathan Zimmerman, "Universities, we have a problem we are afraid to speak of," University World News: The Global Window on Higher Education, 1 July 2021
  19. ^ McWhorter, John. "Academics Are Really, Really Worried About Their Freedom," The Atlantic Monthly, September 1, 2020

External links

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