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The Group's goal is to broaden the diversity of opinions on college campuses. | |||
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Each schools' ranking is based upon their internal regulations, incidents of censorship, and the ratings of other first-amendment groups. | |||
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members: political scientist ], sociologist ] | |||
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The members of Heterodox come from all points in the political spectrum. The largest group (25%) were moderates, as of June 2017 when the group numbered 900 members according to internal polling. | |||
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<ref name="Belkin2017">{{cite news |last1=Belkin |first1=Douglas |title=Colleges Pledge Tolerance for Diverse Opinions, But Skeptics Remain |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/colleges-promise-to-be-less-politically-correct-1498305600 |accessdate=4 March 2019 |work=] |date=June 24, 2017 |url-access=subscription |archiveurl=http://archive.today/2017.06.27-223331/https://www.wsj.com/articles/colleges-promise-to-be-less-politically-correct-1498305600 |archivedate=June 27, 2017 |deadurl=}}</ref> | |||
Heterodox Academy created a "Viewpoint Diversity Experience" designed "to prepare students for democratic citizenship and success in the political diverse workplaces they will soon inhabit."<ref name="Roth2017">{{cite news |last1=Roth |first1=Michael S. |authorlink1=Michael S. Roth |title=The Opening of the Liberal Mind |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-opening-of-the-liberal-mind-1494515186 |accessdate=4 March 2019 |work=] |date=May 11, 2017 |url-access=subscription|archiveurl=http://archive.today/2017.05.11-212651/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-opening-of-the-liberal-mind-1494515186 |archivedate=May 11, 2017 |deadurl=}}</ref> | |||
founded 2015 | |||
college guide, viewpoint diversity experience | |||
The smallest number of members are those that consider themselves conservative/right; most are moderates/centrists, liberals, or progressives. | |||
<ref name="Weiss2017">{{cite news |last1=Weiss |first1=Bari |authorlink1=Bari Weiss |title=Jonathan Haidt on the Cultural Roots of Campus Rage |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/jonathan-haidt-on-the-cultural-roots-of-campus-rage-1491000676 |accessdate=4 March 2019 |work=] |date=April 14, 2017 |url-access=subscription |archiveurl=http://archive.today/2017.07.25-110507/https://www.wsj.com/articles/jonathan-haidt-on-the-cultural-roots-of-campus-rage-1491000676 |archivedate=July 25, 2017 |deadurl=}}</ref> | |||
Founded in 2015 | |||
conference | |||
Debra Mashek took a leave of absence from her tenured job as a psychology professor at ] to become the ] | |||
members legal scholar ], Steven Pinker, linguist ], former ] president ] | |||
<ref name="Smith2018">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Emily Esfahani |title=A Movement Rises to Take Back Higher Education |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-movement-rises-to-take-back-higher-education-1529258360 |accessdate=4 March 2019 |work=] |date=June 17, 2018 |url-access=subscription |archiveurl=http://archive.today/2018.06.18-005054/https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-movement-rises-to-take-back-higher-education-1529258360 |archivedate=June 18, 2018 |deadurl=}}</ref> | |||
Heterodox Academy was an idea initially conceived of by academics ] and ] over lunch on April 28, 2015.<ref name="BruniDangerous">{{cite news|last1=Bruni|first1=Frank|title=The Dangerous Safety of College|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/opinion/sunday/the-dangerous-safety-of-college.html?_r=0|accessdate=18 March 2017|work=]|date=11 March 2017}}</ref> Rosenkranz coined the name for the site later in the summer of 2015. The site grew out of the paper "''Political diversity will improve social psychological science''" by academics José L. Duarte, Jarret T. Crawford, Charlotta Stern, ], ] and ] published in the January 2015 edition of '']''. It was a sort of "online salon frequented by a few colleagues."<ref name="GoldsteinGadfly">{{cite journal |last1=Goldstein|first1=Evan R. |title=The Gadfly: Can Jonathan Haidt Calm the Culture Wars? |url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Gadfly/240311|url-access=subscription |accessdate=March 6, 2019 |work=] |department=] |volume=63|issue=40 |publication-date=July 7, 2017 |date=June 11, 2017 |pages=B6–9}}</ref><ref name="BBS">{{cite journal|title=Political diversity will improve social psychological science |first1=José L.|last1=Duarte |first2=Jarret T.|last2=Crawford |first3=Charlotta|last3=Stern |first4=Jonathan|last4=Haidt|authorlink4=Jonathan Haidt |first5=Lee|last5=Jussim|authorlink5=Lee Jussim |first6=Philip E.|last6=Tetlock|authorlink6=Philip E. Tetlock |publisher=] |journal=] |volume=38 |pages=1–54|number=e130 |origyear=July 18, 2014|year=2015 |doi=10.1017/S0140525X14000430 |pmid=25036715}}</ref><ref name="Jacoby">{{cite journal |last=Jacoby |first=Russell |authorlink=Russell Jacoby |date=April 1, 2016 |title=Academe Is Overrun by Liberals. So What? |journal=] |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Academe-Is-Overrun-by/235898 |department=The Chronicle Review |subscription=yes }}</ref> | |||
However, in the wake of the 2015 campus freedom of speech controversies such as those surrounding ] at Yale and the ], the membership grew and the website became "a clearinghouse for data and views on academic bias, scientific integrity, and the latest campus free-speech flaps."<ref name="GoldsteinGadfly"/> 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 or viewpoint diversity issues, like ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name="Rubenstein2018">{{cite news |last1=Rubenstein |first1=Adam |authorlink1=Adam Rubenstein |title=Heterodoxy Now |url=https://www.weeklystandard.com/adam-rubenstein/heterodox-academy-meet-the-academics-who-are-trying-to-save-free-speech |accessdate=1 March 2019 |publisher=] |date=June 22, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Bartlett2018">{{cite journal |last1=Bartlett |first1=Tom |title=A Conference’s Recipe for ‘Viewpoint Diversity’: More Free Play, More John Stuart Mill |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/A-Conference-s-Recipe-for/243733 |accessdate=1 March 2019 |journal=] |date=June 21, 2018 |location=New York}}</ref> | |||
By February 2018, over 1500 college professors had joined Heterodox Academy, along with a couple hundred ]s,<ref name="Atlantic">{{cite news|last1=Friedersdorf|first1=Conor|title=A New Leader in the Push for Diversity of Thought on Campus|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/02/a-new-leader-in-the-push-for-diversity-of-thought-on-campus/552275/|accessdate=24 May 2018|work=]|date=February 6, 2018}}</ref> from across the political spectrum and throughout the USA and internationally,<ref name="GoldsteinGadfly"/> including social psychologists, Jonathan Haidt and Lee Jussim,<ref name="MartinInterview">{{cite web|title=Variety and Heterodox Academy: The Chris Martin Interview|url=http://itsproeducation.com/diversity-and-heterodox-academy-the-chris-martin-interview/|website=ProEducation|accessdate=19 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="AcademyProblem">{{cite web|title=The Problem|url=http://heterodoxacademy.org/problems/|website=Heterodox Academy|accessdate=19 March 2017}}</ref> linguistics professor ],<ref name="BruniDangerous" /> cognitive psychologist ],<ref name="members">{{Cite news|url=https://heterodoxacademy.org/about-us/members/|title=Members|work=HeterodoxAcademy.org|access-date=February 28, 2019|language=en-US}}</ref> law professor ],<ref></ref> former president of the ACLU ], and ] winner ].<ref name="aboutus">{{Cite news|url=https://heterodoxacademy.org/about-us/|title=About Us|work=HeterodoxAcademy.org|access-date=2017-08-24|language=en-US}}</ref> As of February 2019, the organization reported that it had over 2,500 academic members and over 350 graduate affiliates.<ref name="members" /> |
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