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In 2011 [[Jonathan Haidt]], a psychologist with the University of Virginia, gave a talk at the [[Society for Personality and Social Psychology]] in which he argued that |
In 2011 [[Jonathan Haidt]], a psychologist with the University of Virginia, gave a talk at the [[Society for Personality and Social Psychology]] in which he argued that political [[conservatism in the United States|conservatives]] were under-represented in social psychology and that this hinders research and damages the field's credibility.<ref name="Tierney2011">{{cite news |last1=Tierney |first1=John |authorlink1=John Tierney (journalist) |title=Social Scientist Sees Bias Within |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.html |accessdate=9 March 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 7, 2011 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140809082112/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.html?_r=0 |archivedate=9 August 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="GoldsteinGadfly" /> In 2015, Haidt was contacted by [[Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz]], a [[Georgetown University]] law professor, who had given a talk to the [[Federalist Society]] discussing a similar lack of conservatives in law and similarly argued that this undermines the quality of research and teaching.<ref name="GoldsteinGadfly" /> Haidt and Rosenkranz formed "Heterodox Academy" to address this issue. Initial funding for the group came from the [[Richard Lounsbery Foundation]] and The Achelis and Bodman Foundation.<ref name="GoldsteinGadfly">{{cite journal|last1=Goldstein|first1=Evan R.|date=June 11, 2017|title=The Gadfly: Can Jonathan Haidt Calm the Culture Wars?|url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Gadfly/240311|department=[[The Chronicle Review]]|journal=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]]|publication-date=July 7, 2017|volume=63|issue=40|pages=B6–9|url-access=subscription|accessdate=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504103213/https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Gadfly/240311|archive-date=May 4, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MartinInterview">{{cite web|title=Variety and Heterodox Academy: The Chris Martin Interview|url=https://thebestschools.org/diversity-heterodox-academy-chris-martin-interview/|website=TheBestSchools.org|date=August 2016|accessdate=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306122733/https://thebestschools.org/diversity-heterodox-academy-chris-martin-interview/|archive-date=March 6, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The Heterodox Academy website was launched with 25 members in September 2015. A series of campus freedom of speech controversies, such as those surrounding [[Erika Christakis]] at Yale and the [[2015–16 University of Missouri protests]], coincided with an increase in membership.<ref name="GoldsteinGadfly" /> |
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Membership was initially open to tenured and pre-tenure professors, but has been expanded to [[adjunct professor]]s, [[graduate student]]s, and [[Postdoctoral researcher|postdoctorals]]. The group has a selective membership application process which is partly intended to address imbalances toward any particular political ideology.<ref name="GoldsteinGadfly" /> In July 2017, the group had 800 members internationally.<ref name="GoldsteinGadfly" /><ref name="Belkin2017">{{cite news|last1=Belkin|first1=Douglas|date=June 24, 2017|title=Colleges Pledge Tolerance for Diverse Opinions, But Skeptics Remain|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/colleges-promise-to-be-less-politically-correct-1498305600|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=March 4, 2019|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170627223331/https://www.wsj.com/articles/colleges-promise-to-be-less-politically-correct-1498305600|archive-date=June 27, 2017}}</ref> As of February 2018, around 1500 college professors had joined Heterodox Academy, along with a couple hundred graduate students.<ref name="Atlantic">{{cite news|last1=Friedersdorf|first1=Conor|date=February 6, 2018|title=A New Leader in the Push for Diversity of Thought on Campus|work=[[The Atlantic]]|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/02/a-new-leader-in-the-push-for-diversity-of-thought-on-campus/552275/|access-date=May 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525063138/https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/02/a-new-leader-in-the-push-for-diversity-of-thought-on-campus/552275/|archive-date=May 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |
Membership was initially open to tenured and pre-tenure professors, but has been expanded to [[adjunct professor]]s, [[graduate student]]s, and [[Postdoctoral researcher|postdoctorals]]. The group has a selective membership application process which is partly intended to address imbalances toward any particular political ideology.<ref name="GoldsteinGadfly" /> In July 2017, the group had 800 members internationally.<ref name="GoldsteinGadfly" /><ref name="Belkin2017">{{cite news|last1=Belkin|first1=Douglas|date=June 24, 2017|title=Colleges Pledge Tolerance for Diverse Opinions, But Skeptics Remain|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/colleges-promise-to-be-less-politically-correct-1498305600|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=March 4, 2019|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170627223331/https://www.wsj.com/articles/colleges-promise-to-be-less-politically-correct-1498305600|archive-date=June 27, 2017}}</ref> As of February 2018, around 1500 college professors had joined Heterodox Academy, along with a couple hundred graduate students.<ref name="Atlantic">{{cite news|last1=Friedersdorf|first1=Conor|date=February 6, 2018|title=A New Leader in the Push for Diversity of Thought on Campus|work=[[The Atlantic]]|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/02/a-new-leader-in-the-push-for-diversity-of-thought-on-campus/552275/|access-date=May 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525063138/https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/02/a-new-leader-in-the-push-for-diversity-of-thought-on-campus/552275/|archive-date=May 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| Abbreviation | HxA |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2015 |
| Founder | Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz and Jonathan Haidt |
| Location | |
Executive Director | Debra Mashek[1][2][3] |
| Website | heterodoxacademy |
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.
History
In 2011 Jonathan Haidt, a psychologist with the University of Virginia, gave a talk at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in which he argued that political conservatives were under-represented in social psychology and that this hinders research and damages the field's credibility.[4][5] In 2015, Haidt was contacted by Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, a Georgetown University law professor, who had given a talk to the Federalist Society discussing a similar lack of conservatives in law and similarly argued that this undermines the quality of research and teaching.[5] Haidt and Rosenkranz formed "Heterodox Academy" to address this issue. Initial funding for the group came from the Richard Lounsbery Foundation and The Achelis and Bodman Foundation.[5][6] The Heterodox Academy website was launched with 25 members in September 2015. A series of campus freedom of speech controversies, such as those surrounding Erika Christakis at Yale and the 2015–16 University of Missouri protests, coincided with an increase in membership.[5]
Membership was initially open to tenured and pre-tenure professors, but has been expanded to adjunct professors, graduate students, and postdoctorals. The group has a selective membership application process which is partly intended to address imbalances toward any particular political ideology.[5] In July 2017, the group had 800 members internationally.[5][7] As of February 2018, around 1500 college professors had joined Heterodox Academy, along with a couple hundred graduate students.[1]
Programs and activities
In June 2018, Heterodox Academy held an inaugural Open Mind Conference in New York City, featuring several academic guests recently involved in campus free speech issues, like Robert Zimmer, Lucía Martínez Valdivia, Allison Stanger, Alice Dreger, and Heather Heying.[8][9][2]
In 2016, HxA first published its annual Heterodox Academy Guide to Colleges, a college ranking guide on support for ideological diversity and free speech.[7][10]
Ideology and goals
In 2018 the group's website described its mission as encouraging political diversity to allow dissent and challenge errors.[3]
Heterodox Academy formally describes itself as non-partisan.[3] Heterodox Academy has been described as advancing conservative viewpoints on college campuses by playing into or presenting the argument that such views are suppressed by left-wing bias or political correctness.[11][12] Commentators such as The New York Observer's Davis Richardson[citation needed]; Vox's Zack Beauchamp; and Chris Quintana, writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education, have disputed Heterodox Academy's assumption that college campuses are facing a "free-speech crisis", noting the lack of data to support it and arguing that advocacy groups such as Heterodox Academy functionally do more to narrow the scope of academic debates than any of the biases they allege.[12][13]
See also
- Chicago principles
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
- Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Smith, Emily Esfahani (June 17, 2018). "A Movement Rises to Take Back Higher Education". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ a b c Lerner, Maura (April 24, 2018). "Nurturing a new diversity on campus: 'Diversity of thought'". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ Tierney, John (February 7, 2011). "Social Scientist Sees Bias Within". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Goldstein, Evan R. (June 11, 2017). "The Gadfly: Can Jonathan Haidt Calm the Culture Wars?". The Chronicle Review. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 63 (40) (published July 7, 2017): B6–9. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- ^ "Variety and Heterodox Academy: The Chris Martin Interview". TheBestSchools.org. August 2016. Archived from the original on March 6, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rubenstein, Adam (June 22, 2018). "Heterodoxy Now". The Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Richardson, Bradford (October 24, 2016). "Harvard among least intellectually diverse universities: Report". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ Richardson, Davis (4 June 2018). "Is a Red Pill Tidal Wave Brewing in Academia?". Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ a b Beauchamp, Zack (31 August 2018). "The myth of a campus free speech crisis". Vox. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ Quintana, Chris (30 April 2018). "The Real Free-Speech Crisis Is Professors Being Disciplined for Liberal Views, a Scholar Finds". The Chronicle of Higher Education. ISSN 0009-5982. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-28.