IU Faculty Demand Protections From New Intellectual Diversity Law [Video]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Professors and other faculty at Indiana University in Bloomington are demanding protections from the school in regard to the state’s new intellectual diversity law.

This school year will be the first term in which the law will be in effect. The law states that college professors in Indiana must adhere to intellectual diversity practices in their coursework. In like manner a school cannot fire or dismiss a faculty member in a retaliatory manner based on the opinions of or political leanings they may personally have or in their research.

In order to ensure compliance with the law universities are now required to have tenure reviews of each faculty member every five years.

Faculty members at IU are demanding that IU leadership not include complaints from students about teaching and research on diversity, equity, and inclusion topics as part of its adherence to the law. They say the law’s intent on …