On Tuesday, November 18, John Tomasi, President of the Heterodox Academy is speaking at Cornell on “The University at a Crossroads — And How We Can Build Cultures of Open Inquiry”
Tomasi’s talk is sponsored by the Provost’s Committee on the Future of the American University and the Program on Freedom and Free Societies.
In a preview of the talk listed on Cornell’s website, Tomasi claims that meaningful change must come from within; from those who care about our universities and want them to live up to their highest ideals.
“The real question for us now is whether universities will simply mirror the polarization of our society — or model something better. Can we show that disagreement, done well, is not a threat but a form of collaboration? That people who think differently can still make progress together?” says Tomasi, inaugural president of Heterodox Academy, a nonpartisan nonprofit of 8,000+ faculty and administrators advocating for open inquiry in the academy.
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The talk is free and open to the public. It will also be livestreamed; register to participate via Zoom here: https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ic2GE2yQSCaErWqhIn6IQw#/registration.
Tomasi last visited Cornell on October 23, 2023, when he addressed the importance of institutional neutrality.
