Update: Gov. Holcomb signed SEA 202 (formerly SB 202) on March 15, 2024. SEA 202 is now Public Law (PL) 113. For more on the status of AAUP’s opposition, please visit the state conference website. The House voted to pass SB202 by a vote of 67-30, with 2 Republicans voting with the Democrats, and 2 […]
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Urgent action on SB 202: What you can do
SB 202 is dangerous legislation that will dramatically change state universities in Indiana: it will undermine tenure; chill freedom of speech and academic freedom on campus for both conservatives and liberals, for faculty, staff, and students, and for everyone in between; defund important DEI initiatives; and change the composition of Boards of Trustees and who […]
The Executive Committee of the Purdue Chapter of the American Association of University Professors endorses the open letter crafted by Purdue faculty and staff associated with the Purdue Center for the Environment (C4E) Building Sustainable Communities (BSC) Signature Research Area (SRA). The letter expresses grave concern about President Daniels’s recent invitation to host Dr. Steven […]
The Purdue Board of Trustees has announced that it is going to vote to adopt a civics literacy graduation requirement at its June 2021 meeting. The requirement, as written about in Purdue News, will include all West Lafayette undergraduate students: passing an exam, which they can take as many times as they like, (which is being […]