Free The Inquiry is devoted to the defense and advancement of open inquiry in higher education.
Through essays, expert commentary, and conversations, we explore how universities are producing — or failing to produce — the essential conditions of open inquiry, and what that means for academic life and the pursuit of knowledge.
Heterodox Academy’s mission is to advance open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement across higher education — the foundations of truth-seeking, knowledge-generating institutions. HxA empowers members to organize on their campus and within their disciplines, equips campus leaders with knowledge and resources to build cultures of open inquiry, educates academics on the importance of our principles, and advocates for institutional policies to protect open inquiry across higher education.
Free The Inquiry brings together several distinct strands of HxA’s work:
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inquisitive is HxA’s print magazine, presented here in digital form, featuring long-form essays and reflections by scholars from across the academy.
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