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A university that called the cops on its own peaceful students is now set to be represented by one of them in Congress
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![A screenshot of an email. Against a white background there is a tan banner with the black words "heterodox academy." The x is in green and the "a" (which is in the shape of a speech bubble) is in purple. Then the following text is written in smaller black font:
Dear [[black redaction line]]
Something significant just happened in higher education — and Heterodox Academy members were at the center of it.
Yale University just released a landmark report on institutional trust and open inquiry on campus. What makes it remarkable isn't just what it says. It's who helped write it.
HxA members.
Our member co-chair Julia Adams of Yale ensured HxA had a seat at the table, securing our inclusion in a process designed to influence campus leaders at one of the world's most prominent universities. Dozens of members' scholarship formed the intellectual foundation of the report, providing the evidence-based framework for understanding the challenges facing higher education today. And now, those same members are part of internal-led reform working alongside fellow faculty and university leadership to bring institutions back in line with the foundational principles of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement.
This is what HxA membership looks like in practice: solving real problems on campus.
The future of higher ed depends on who shows up. Campus culture doesn't shift on its own. It shifts when principled academics like you decide to act. Yale's trust report is proof that when HxA members engage, they shape the outcome.
If you've been considering joining HxA, this is the moment.
We're entering a new era for higher education in which the principles of open inquiry are being written into institutional policy, not just debated in academic papers or the media. The members who join now will be the ones helping write that next chapter.
Under the email is a purple rectangle with white font that reads "Join HxA today and be part of the new era."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fyskbier3cg3i46w5hggfvra/bafkreiddzy7wz54uvx7n4mdp6eav5msbukszopnvqg3aco27vtmkdhggta)
