We should reform academia from the inside by setting up new policies and procedures that address the ideological imbalance and the resultant groupthink, junk science, and “cancellations” that have occurred at such high rates in recent years.
Taking a cue from the US Constitution, we propose a series of “checks and balances” among the major actors in institutions of higher ed to prevent any one faction from dominating.
The makeup of university faculty can no longer be left exclusively to the faculty because their control over hiring has eventuated in the ideological silos we see in departments and whole disciplines.