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Recruit Faculty to Join You

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You can find faculty partners and faculty advisors through the Heterodox Academy (HxA) which unites faculty, staff, and students bringing open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement to higher education. It's free to join, and all members agree to follow The Heterodox Way .

You can also search the current membership of over 7,600 faculty at 1800+ universities, and find potential faculty partners on your campus. Be sure to check back – the membership of HxA is always expanding.

You don't have to do this alone – it's worth it to find a faculty advisor.

Training Students and Faculty for Success

You don't have to start from scratch – there are national partners ready to help bring proven methods to students and faculty who want to succeed in bringing effective student-facing programs to campus. Here are three that we are aware of:

The Constructive Dialogue Institute

Has a successful program designed for campus leadership teams to generate and implement a research-driven action plan to promote productive engagement across lines of difference on their campuses. You can check out their offerings here .

FIRE's Toolkits

Will keep you up to speed on the latest tips for everything from helpful phrases to use in handling civil discussions to "hot tips for hot takes." There are lots of resources for Let's Talk leaders, and fun games involving civil discourse. You can browse all of their toolkits here . It's a goldmine.

Heterodox Academy's Heterodox Conversations Guide

Is a how-to guide for hosting conversations at universities with HxA Campus Communities. It was created in conjunction with Living Room Conversations (LRC) to facilitate the free exchange of diverse ideas in higher education. From the website: "LRC is a non-profit organization, founded in 2010 by two women on different sides of the political spectrum, with the goal of bridging divides through conversation. LRC believes that divides are not inevitable: 'We hope for a world in which people who have fundamental differences of opinion and backgrounds learn to work together with respect – and even joy – to realize the vibrant future we all desire for ourselves and our families. Through applying and adapting our conversational model, we hope participants will build relationships that generate understanding and enable collaborative problem-solving.'" Download the Conversations Guide here .