Quote from: Parasaurolophus on March 27, 2024, 03:33:01 PMNPR's report on the https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/senate/202/detailslaw.QuoteA new Indiana law allows universities to revoke a professor's tenure if they don't promote so-called "intellectual diversity" in the classroom.
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.
"I'd say it ends tenure in the state of Indiana as we know it," said Ben Robinson, associate professor of Germanic Studies at Indiana University. . .
The law also creates a system where students and staff can submit complaints that could be considered in tenure reviews.
I don't imagine this will lead to more communists being hired in business schools or economics departments.
If its objective is to get more conservatives hired, I'm not sure that the law can actually do that consistently, rather than simply requiring you to hire a bunch of rando wackos. But also, how will this "intellectual diversity" be measured? By political party membership?
Quote from: bio-nonymous on March 27, 2024, 06:33:20 AMQuote from: Langue_doc on March 27, 2024, 05:27:06 AMQuote from: Wahoo Redux on March 26, 2024, 02:22:42 PMOhio U.S. Senator JD Vance Introduces Bill to Prohibit Universities from Hiring Illegal AliensQuoteOhio U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Indiana U.S. Representative Jim Banks (R-IN-03) have introduced a bill that would prohibit universities that receive federal funding from hiring illegal aliens.
The bill, titled the College Employment Accountability Act, would specifically amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to "prohibit an institution of higher education that employs unauthorized aliens from receiving funds from federal student assistance or federal institutional aid"
Institutions of higher education would have to participate in the E-Verify Program, which is a federal program that checks the immigration status of all employees, in order to receive federal funds under the bill.
Do universities hire a lot of "illegal aliens?"
They must be unfamiliar with HR protocols in colleges, private and public, where all potential employees have to provide evidence that they are either US citizens or green-card holders authorized to work in the US. There's a name for these one-page forms. Brains seem to be travelling south along the human spine these days!
I-9 forms--my newest RA just had to turn theirs in to get on the payroll! But the point of the legislation might be that ALL institutions don't use the form and to make a unified requirement?--Giving Vance the benefit of the doubt since I do not know the HR policies of all institutions.
QuoteA new Indiana law allows universities to revoke a professor's tenure if they don't promote so-called "intellectual diversity" in the classroom.
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.
"I'd say it ends tenure in the state of Indiana as we know it," said Ben Robinson, associate professor of Germanic Studies at Indiana University. . .
The law also creates a system where students and staff can submit complaints that could be considered in tenure reviews.