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Heterodox Academy 20. ožu
“We have failed to achieve true intellectual diversity; our litigation clinics tilt left, and in my field, constitutional law, we need more top conservative professors.” via Yale Law prof Akil Reed Amar in cautioning skepticism of rankings.
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Heterodox Academy 19. ožu
"A commitment to understanding and engaging across difference is not incompatible with moral rigor – and it is incumbent upon us to make this clear by denouncing not just horrific actions, but the sort of thinking that underlies them as well."
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Heterodox Academy 18. ožu
The same traits that predispose some towards success in academia may also render them more vulnerable to certain cognitive distortions. Universities sometimes exacerbate these problems. explores how we can do better:
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Heterodox Academy 16. ožu
“The question of whether the norms of academic freedom should apply to senior managers is not new but has become more pertinent in... light of the increasing marketisation of HE… prominence of… rankings & the rise of SM...”
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Heterodox Academy 15. ožu
. joins on Half Hour of Heterodoxy to discuss the complexities of promoting viewpoint diversity in higher ed from a mental health perspective & if prejudiced political expression or discrimination can cause trauma.
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Heterodox Academy 14. ožu
. joins tomorrow at the Speech Limits in Public Life conf. Experts, including , will provide thoughtful discourse and debate about tensions between hate speech & free speech. If you're attending, say hi at the reception!
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Jeffrey Sachs 13. ožu
I don't know if this is new or not (it's certainly new to me), but the has a searchable database of university commencement speakers. May be of interest to and lots others.
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Heterodox Academy 13. ožu
" & ... found that nearly 1 out of 5 Republicans and Democrats agree with the statement that their political adversaries 'lack the traits to be considered fully human — they behave like animals.'
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Heterodox Academy 12. ožu
"'Prudent’ scholars are often afraid even to mention the rise of confirmation bias, much less try to do anything about it… rescuing social-science research from further disrepute will require a little less ‘prudence’ and more guts.”
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Amy Cummings 11. ožu
Just 41% of educators identify as Democrats, but & show that 99% of campaign contributions from Gates grantees' staff—and 87% of those from Walton grantees' staff—went to Democrats.
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Heterodox Academy 11. ožu
"Whatever it’s doing for the students, the activism is definitely good for the administrators... the number of campus administrators has grown ten times faster than the number of tenured professors in recent decades."
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Heterodox Academy 9. ožu
"Institutions often seek 'diversity' without first defining, precisely, why they want diversity, or identifying, concretely, what sorts of diversity will get them there. As a result, universities have become susceptible to diversity drift."
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Heterodox Academy 9. ožu
"Underlying this debate over freedom of speech is a deeper discussion on the relationship between limits and freedom.... The traditional Christian understanding proposes that proper limits constitute freedom."
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Heterodox Academy 8. ožu
Universities spend a lot of time and resources trying to train students, faculty and staff how not to be *offensive.* This is appropriate, but also inadequate. We must also teach people how to avoid being easily *offended.*
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Heterodox Academy 7. ožu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @JonHaidt @HdxAcademy i 3 ostali
If you're in the NYC area and would like to hear more on this topic, join and for a conversation : How Decent People Can Save America from Our Culture of Contempt. Details/ RSVP here:
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Heterodox Academy 7. ožu
"People often say that our problem in America today is incivility or intolerance. This is incorrect. Motive attribution asymmetry leads to something far worse: contempt... not for other people’s ideas, but also for other people."
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Heterodox Academy 7. ožu
Great conversation about moral psychology, the genesis and purpose of HxA and , COTAM and more:
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Matt Motyl 6. ožu
New research shows people avoid listening to other viewpoints because they incorrectly (over)estimate how pissed off they will be by listening to that other viewpoint
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Heterodox Academy 6. ožu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @Commentary @marksjo1
For , strikes a similar theme: There are conservative professors out there in most universities -- the task is to create conditions where they feel comfortable engaging *as* conservatives within academia.
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Heterodox Academy 6. ožu
Odgovor korisniku/ci @86631yt91 @GadSaad
To be clear, this is not Heterodox Academy's stance. It is the stance of Musa al-Gharbi speaking for and as himself, which we shared, along with some counter-perspectives in the same thread. We do not hold official *any* positions on policies, politicians, parties, etc.
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