Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Does your university have bias?

University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel decided to find out.

In this excerpt from Heterodox Out Loud, Seidel describes launching a hard internal review—examining admissions questions, diversity statements, hiring and promotion practices, and even department websites.

The result? Nearly 30 recommendations and a multi-year effort to realign policies around merit and open inquiry.

But the story doesn’t end there.

Seidel explains how strengthening viewpoint diversity and constructive dialogue didn’t just improve campus culture—it sharpened scholarship. Wyoming doubled its external research funding and achieved Carnegie R1 status during the reform process.

Culture change may be slow.

But intellectual rigor pays dividends.