Viewpoint
Diversity
Teaching and scholarship are better when we don’t all think the same, which is why viewpoint diversity is one of HxA’s core values.
When people with a wide range of worldviews, backgrounds, and experiences are present and welcomed, academic communities can more effectively notice untested assumptions, imagine and explore new questions and answers, rigorously challenge popular theories, and make continued progress toward truth. But when academic groups are more homogeneous, their work can suffer from blind spots and groupthink.
Viewpoint diversity that enriches academic life can derive from differences in socioeconomic status, political and philosophical views, religion, life experience, personality, cognition, and specific cultural backgrounds, and the more commonly discussed categories of race, gender, and sexual orientation.
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- This Is Why Top Scientists Are Walking Away | Dorian AbbotApril 4, 2025+Dorian Abbot+STEM+Institutional Neutrality+Viewpoint Diversity+Open Inquiry
- Improving Viewpoint Diversity in Higher Ed: Are Checks and Balances the Answer?+Viewpoint Diversity+Virtual only
- S2 Episode 32: Confronting Anti-Semitism in Higher Education With Cary NelsonMarch 18, 2025+Cary Nelson+Viewpoint Diversity+Constructive Disagreement+Open Inquiry
- How to Write a Job Advertisement: Lessons from the CUNY AffairMarch 12, 2025+John Tomasi+Viewpoint Diversity
- S2 Episode 31: How Trump’s Policy Shift is Reshaping Scientific Research with Ivan OranskyFebruary 18, 2025+Ivan Oransky+Viewpoint Diversity+STEM+Constructive Disagreement+Open Inquiry+Academic Freedom
- S2 Episode 30: Navigating Polarization in Mental Health Care With Andrew HartzFebruary 18, 2025+Andrew Hartz+Viewpoint Diversity+STEM+Constructive Disagreement
- S2 Episode 29: The Power of Radical Curiosity: Can Conversation Reduce Hate?February 4, 2025+Shira Hoffer+Viewpoint Diversity+Open Inquiry+Constructive Disagreement
- What will Trump’s Executive Orders mean to academic life?January 22, 2025+Alice Dreger+Open Inquiry+Viewpoint Diversity+Academic Freedom
- S2 Episode 28: How Critical Legal Studies Transformed Law Schools with Rebecca RoipheJanuary 21, 2025+Rebecca Roiphe+Viewpoint Diversity+Open Inquiry+Constructive Disagreement
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