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Heterodox Academy counts thousands of members from across the U.S and Canada, with campus communities active and growing — from Ivy League and public research universities to community colleges and faith-based institutions — and is the nation's leader in promoting open inquiry and viewpoint diversity.

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Foundational Pillars

To achieve our goal of creating an academic culture where different points of view are valued in the pursuit of knowledge, discovery, growth, and innovation, we focus our work on four areas.

Research and Evidence

We gather and publish data through our annual Campus Expression Survey. Throughout the year, we amplify mission-oriented research on our HxA Blog and from our Center For Academic Pluralism.

Public Awareness

We elevate the voices of our team and our members in the national media and on our own channels to demonstrate the value of heterodox thinking in the academy.

Member Activation

We work with our HxA members to organize events, workshops, and communities to advance the principles of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement across higher education.

Campus Engagement

We put our mission into practice by providing support, tools, and resources to help members engage in work to promote HxA values in their disciplines and on their campuses.

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I’m in tremendous debt to Heterodox Academy… [Receiving] the Institutional Excellence Award and Jonathan Haidt gave us a tremendous amount of confidence and courage in building out a series of programs.

Hiram ChodoshPresidentClaremont McKenna College

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I think a lot of campus leaders found themselves acknowledging that they're in a hard place... HxA has been providing them a guidebook for how to do things better.

Cory ClarkDirector of the Adversarial Collaboration ProjectUniversity of Pennsylvania

News & Announcements

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HxA Commends Harvard Medical School's "Open Inquiry Report"April 23, 2026

Heterodox Academy Report Shows Sharp Decline in DEI Statement Requirements Across Faculty HiringApril 21, 2026

Yale's ‘Trust’ Report Affirms HxA's Reform Agenda — And Our Members HelpedApril 16, 2026

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Heterodox Academy Releases Comprehensive Review of Faculty Political Diversity ResearchFebruary 25, 2026

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Nominations for HxA’s 2026 Open Inquiry Awards Now Open Through April 6February 24, 2026

Elevating the University from Within

HxA joined with AFA and FIRE urging universities to adopt institutional neutrality in February 2024. Since then, more than 120 universities have adopted policies of statement neutrality or institutional restraint, bringing the total to over 150 institutions.

HxA Urges Yale University to Adopt Institutional Neutrality, President McInnis ApprovesAfter seven weeks of committee deliberation, Yale University President Maurie McInnis accepted the Report of the Committee on Institutional Voice to commit Yale to institutional Statement Neutrality.

Dartmouth Heeds Call to Adopt Institutional Statement NeutralityDartmouth announced the adoption of a policy for “Dartmouth's designated spokespersons” to “exercise general restraint in issuing institutional statements.” Its policy comes on the heels of a coordinated campaign from HxA to encourage universities to adopt these commitments.

HxA Asks Penn to Adopt Institutional Statement Neutrality and Penn DeliversFollowing a letter to Penn’s Interim President J. Larry Jameson, he issued a statement declaring that: “The University of Pennsylvania will refrain from institutional statements made in response to local and world events except for those which have direct and significant bearing on University functions."

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HxA's Member Grants support the important work our members are doing to connect members and promote the values of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement. Member Grants of up to $500 were made available in spring/summer 2023 to support member-led activities.

Screening a Censored Documentary FilmHxA member Maximilian Werner organized a screening for over 160 attendees of Meg Smaker’s documentary "The UnRedacted (Jihad Rehab)" at the Post Theater on the University of Utah campus.

Book Club on "The Righteous Mind"HxA member Bill Mattox hosted a book club on Jonathan Haidt's "The Righteous Mind," drawing faculty and students from FSU, FAMU, employees of the Florida Department of Education and Department of Transportation, and a staffer at the state legislature.

Bereaved Palestinian and Israelis Share Stories of Grief and ReconciliationHxA member Shira Hoffer, a student at Harvard University, organized an event hosting members of "The Parents Circle," a joint Israeli-Palestinian organization made up of bereaved families who have chosen a path of reconciliation.

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HxA Campus Communities have influenced policy changes on campuses throughout North America since 2023, fostering tangible changes with enduring effects on their respective campuses.

Free Speech Resolution Based on the Chicago Principles Adopted at UNC-CharlotteThe principles state that the university's role is not to shield individuals from ideas they find objectionable but to promote a free and open environment for intellectual exploration. They emphasize that controversial or offensive speech should not be suppressed.

Western Michigan University Formerly Embraces Open Inquiry and Viewpoint Diversity as Cultural NormsThe Western Michigan University HxA Campus Community contributed to the revision of the WMU President's Cabinet 2023 Principles of Community Agreement, including the core principles of "Openness and Viewpoint Diversity" with wording provided by HxA.

Simon Fraser University Initiates Changes to Research Excellence Award Policy and Faculty Hiring GuidelinesThe Simon Fraser University HxA Campus Community members successfully changed the criteria on which candidates for research excellence awards are evaluated. The criteria now includes specific mention of academic freedom, excludes all references to EDI, and restricts the evaluation criteria to research excellence alone.

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Heterodox Conversations, a new initiative from the HxA Campus Community Network, are campus events that pair two scholarly experts who disagree on a topic in a public discussion of that topic. Not a traditional lecture or debate, these events showcase the power of academic dialogue.

The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus Community hosts first Heterodox ConversationOver 200 people were in attendance to listen, discuss, and learn about whether "DEI has lost its way."

The Louisiana State University Campus Community Hosts a Heterodox Conversation on Energy PolicyEconomist Matt Burgess (University of Wyoming) and climate scientist Andrew Dessler (Texas A&M) came together to discuss the challenges and trade-offs in shaping energy policy for a changing world.

The McGill University Campus Community and the HxCanada Group Host Heterodox Conversation as Part of Two-Day Conference on DEIScholars critically discussed what the Proper Role of DEI should be within Canadian Universities, with over 130 people in attendance.

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The Campus Community Network

The HxCommunities Flexible Funding Opportunity (FFO) program invested $380K across 24 member projects for campus-based and professional community activities. Find a curated selection of FFO projects below.

Views of Scientists, Engineers, and Professional School Faculty About DEI PoliciesOngoing research study of STEM scholars’ views on the implementation of diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

Navigating Diverse Perspectives Related to Social Identity & BelongingA series of on-campus conversations at BYU where students with diverse perspectives participated in structured dialogues around divisive public health-related topics.

Heterodoxy in CanadaHosting of the first Canadian conference on viewpoint diversity in academia on April 22, 2022, at McGill University in Montreal and virtually.

The HxCommunities FFO was made possible through a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.

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Just knowing that there's an institution that's backing you up where you feel like you can speak about things where somebody needs to... And having this presence on campus... gives us a community where we can band together and know that we're not crazy… It gives us all a shared voice and a space to be able to talk about these things and have constructive dialog.

Smriti MehtaPostdoctoral Scholar at the Berkeley School of EducationUC Berkeley

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The work of HxA is already changing campuses. It's not an immediate, splashy, headline, glamorous change, it's slow as things are on campuses... but it's happening. The more that we do programs where we talk about principles and highlight the importance of free speech, viewpoint diversity, and open inquiry, the more interest there is and the more people reach out to us to ask about what we're doing.

Jennifer TownsendExecutive Assistant to the Lee Honors College dean and adjunct instructorWestern Michigan University

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2025 Annual Report

HxA is led by scholars, civic leaders, and business professionals dedicated to improving higher educational institutions by increasing open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement. Review our 2025 Annual Report to see how we are advancing our mission.

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