Indiana governor signs bill tying tenure to intellectual diversity

Dive Brief: Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, a Republican, signed a bill into law Wednesday that will tie tenure at the state’s public colleges to whether professors promote intellectual diversity and free inquiry. Under the law, faculty members may be denied tenure if they are deemed unlikely to encourage intellectual diversity or expose students to scholarly … Read more

Indiana proposal to overhaul tenure moves forward

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Indiana’s House will soon consider a proposal that would overhaul tenure and mandate that the state’s public colleges detail their diversity, equity and inclusion spending to state lawmakers. The bill would prevent college governing boards … Read more