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The Weekly: Scandals erupt in the faculty lounge ahead of the academic year.
Faculty are wrongly being fired for wrongthink, setting off academic freedom alarm bells.
16 hrs ago
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Nicole Barbaro Simovski, Ph.D.
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Faculty Value Viewpoint Diversity, But How Can We Make It the Norm on Campus?
A virtual panel discussion.
Aug 20
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Justin McBrayer
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Shiri Spitz Siddiqi
, and
Ashley Rubin
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1:15:59
How Universities Can Rebuild Open Inquiry
Heterodox Out Loud Season 3 Highlights
Aug 13
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John Tomasi
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Universities Need Reform. It Shouldn’t Matter Who’s Telling Them.
Linda McMahon’s letter isn’t perfect, but its requests are overwhelmingly reasonable.
Aug 12
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Joseph (Jake) Klein
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On institutional neutrality, we should ask not just whether, but who and why?
The discussion around institutional neutrality would benefit from attention to more of the nitty gritty details.
Aug 11
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Shiri Spitz Siddiqi
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The Weekly: The Education Department Tries a New Approach to Reform; Legacy Admissions Are on the Chopping Block, Again.
Plus, the AAUP’s recent decision to back political candidates continues to draw criticism.
Aug 8
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Nicole Barbaro Simovski, Ph.D.
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The AAUP Traded Its Credibility for a Ballot Line
By backing a Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, AAUP swapped its historic standing as a non-partisan defender of academic freedom for a louder but…
Aug 6
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What Pro Wrestling Can Teach Academia About Honesty
What the campy world of professional wrestling can teach academics about truth, performance, and the courage to break character
Aug 6
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Kyle Siler
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Heterodox Research Roundup, July 2026
Faculty support diverse viewpoints in their disciplines; regional public universities get overdue attention; law faculty feel the need to self-censor…
Aug 5
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Dylan Selterman
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Erin B. Shaw
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Shiri Spitz Siddiqi
, and
Phong P. Truong
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The Vanderbilt-WashU Report Doesn’t Threaten Academic Freedom. It Defends it.
Who should intervene when scholarship turns political? The AAUP had answers.
Aug 3
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John Tomasi
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The Weekly: The AAUP officially turns political; Vanderbilt declares the purpose of the university.
Plus, tensions arise in Florida over the president pick for the University of Florida.
Aug 1
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Nicole Barbaro Simovski, Ph.D.
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July 2026
Liberal faculty are surprisingly bullish on political diversity
And more findings from HxA’s national survey on how faculty value dimensions of diversity
Jul 30
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Erin B. Shaw
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