A new Indiana law requires professors to promote 'intellectual diversity' to receive tenure. Critics worry the measure will dissuade academics from staying in the state.
A new Indiana law requires professors to promote"intellectual diversity" to receive tenure. Critics worry the measure will dissuade academics from staying in the state.Supporters of the measure say it will make universities more accepting of conservative students and academics. But many professors worry the law could put their careers in jeopardy for what they say, or don't say, in the classroom.
But some academics in the state are worried that the new law allows university boards of trustees to interfere with tenure, which normally is handled by university departments.Republican state Sen. Spencer Deery, a former chief of staff for the Purdue University president and the bill's sponsor, said the new law would help conservative students feel more comfortable expressing their opinions on campus.
Irene Mulvey, president of the American Association of University Professors, said protections don't go far enough. "Freedom of speech is embedded in a university," she said."This is just undermining it to the greatest degree it can."
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