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Heterodox Academy Hosts Inaugural Open Mind Conference

Published: June 22, 2018.

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Heterodox Academy hosted its inaugural Open Mind Conference last week at TheTimesCenter in New York. Heterodox Academy is a membership association of professors whose mission is “to improve the quality of research and education in universities by increasing viewpoint diversity, mutual understanding, and constructive disagreement” on college and university campuses.

The discussions touched on how a lack of viewpoint diversity harms higher education, constructive disagreement in the academy,  and whether there is a free speech crisis on campus.

Watch videos of the panel discussions below.

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