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Inquiry
Open inquiry — the ability to ask questions, share ideas, and challenge popular views and assumptions — is essential to the pursuit of knowledge and understanding. It is one of our core values.
A powerful idea may begin as a notion that seems mistaken, strange, offensive, or even dangerous. Colleges and universities should be places where such ideas can be discussed, debated, and rigorously tested, not stigmatized and stifled. At HxA, we explore the benefits of open inquiry and the threats to its central place in academic culture.
Threats to open inquiry can arrive in bold and subtle ways, and from many directions – from politicians on left and right, to universities’ economic interests, to institutionalized ideology within faculty and staff. HxA members also grapple with challenges to open inquiry from other parts of the academic world, including accreditors, grantmakers, and academic journal editors.
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- Rescheduled: Creating the Conditions for Open Inquiry (HxA Members Only)February 6, 2025+Ellie Avishai+Open Inquiry+Teaching+Virtual only
- S2 Episode 29: The Power of Radical Curiosity: Can Conversation Reduce Hate?February 4, 2025+Shira Hoffer+Viewpoint Diversity+Open Inquiry+Constructive Disagreement+Campus Climate+Faith & Religion
- S2 Episode 28: How Critical Legal Studies Transformed Law Schools with Rebecca RoipheJanuary 21, 2025+Rebecca Roiphe+Viewpoint Diversity+Open Inquiry+Constructive Disagreement+Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)+Teaching
- Censorship in the Sciences: Interdisciplinary PerspectivesJanuary 10, 2025+STEM+Open Inquiry+Research & Publishing+Hybrid
- S2 Episode 27: The Battle for Impartial Science with Anna KrylovJanuary 7, 2025+Anna Krylov+Viewpoint Diversity+Open Inquiry+Constructive Disagreement+STEM+Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)+Public Policy+Research & Publishing
- Adversaries to Allies: Transforming Academic Conflict - Cory ClarkDecember 12, 2024+Cory Clark+Viewpoint Diversity+Open Inquiry+Constructive Disagreement
- Beyond the Humanities: HxA Values at STEM and Tech-Driven Institutions+Open Inquiry+Viewpoint Diversity+Constructive Disagreement+STEM+Virtual only
- S2 Episode 26: Heterodoxy in High Schools: Lessons from Deerfield AcademyDecember 10, 2024+John Austin+Viewpoint Diversity+Open Inquiry+Constructive Disagreement+Teaching+Institutional Neutrality
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