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## [How Universities Can Rebuild Open Inquiry](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/how-universities-can-rebuild-open)

_2026-08-13 · John Tomasi · Free the Inquiry_

Heterodox Out Loud Season 3 Highlights

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210654911/2851590eaecc92629284ebccdfbd8786.mp3)

## [Universities Need Reform. It Shouldn’t Matter Who’s Telling Them.](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/universities-need-reform-it-shouldnt)

_2026-08-12 · Joseph (Jake) Klein · Free the Inquiry_

Linda McMahon’s letter isn’t perfect, but its requests are overwhelmingly reasonable.

## [On institutional neutrality, we should ask not just whether, but who and why?](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/on-institutional-neutrality-we-should)

_2026-08-11 · Shiri Spitz Siddiqi · Free the Inquiry_

The discussion around institutional neutrality would benefit from attention to more of the nitty gritty details.

## [The Weekly: The Education Department Tries a New Approach to Reform; Legacy Admissions Are on the Chopping Block, Again.](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/the-weekly-the-education-department)

_2026-08-08 · Nicole Barbaro Simovski, Ph.D. · Free the Inquiry_

Plus, the AAUP’s recent decision to back political candidates continues to draw criticism.

## [The AAUP Traded Its Credibility for a Ballot Line](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/the-aaup-traded-its-credibility-for)

_2026-08-06 · Free the Inquiry_

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 more narrow political role.

## [What Pro Wrestling Can Teach Academia About Honesty](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/what-pro-wrestling-can-teach-academia)

_2026-08-06 · Kyle Siler · Free the Inquiry_

What the campy world of professional wrestling can teach academics about truth, performance, and the courage to break character

## [Heterodox Research Roundup, July 2026](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/heterodox-research-roundup-july-2026)

_2026-08-05 · Dylan Selterman · Free the Inquiry_

Faculty support diverse viewpoints in their disciplines; regional public universities get overdue attention; law faculty feel the need to self-censor; and more...

## [The Vanderbilt-WashU Report Doesn’t Threaten Academic Freedom. It Defends it.](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/yes-university-leaders-can-intervene)

_2026-08-03 · John Tomasi · Free the Inquiry_

Who should intervene when scholarship turns political? The AAUP had answers.

## [The Weekly: The AAUP officially turns political; Vanderbilt declares the purpose of the university.](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/the-weekly-the-aaup-officially-turns)

_2026-08-01 · Nicole Barbaro Simovski, Ph.D. · Free the Inquiry_

Plus, tensions arise in Florida over the president pick for the University of Florida.

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## [Liberal faculty are surprisingly bullish on political diversity](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/liberal-faculty-are-surprisingly)

_2026-07-30 · Erin B. Shaw · Free the Inquiry_

And more findings from HxA’s national survey on how faculty value dimensions of diversity