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Alice Pawley, a professor of engineering education at Purdue University, said that many faculty members in Indiana were angered by the new restrictions, and that “nobody trusts that this is actually going to be fairly applied.” Many felt discouraged about their job security, believing it would be at the mercy of trustees who are not experts in their fields and would be making decisions on the basis of highly subjective criteria, Dr. Pawley said.
This statement from the sponsor is worth the read: https://www.indianasenaterepublicans.com/deery-higher-education-reform-bill-passes-senate
An excerpt:
This is literally a bill about forcing “conservative viewpoints” into the classroom based on the opinions of people that probably didn’t go to college and learn everything about liberal teaching bias from right-wing talk radio.
“I know exactly what’s going on in those classrooms!” - someone who’s never set foot in those classrooms
I guess my only question is what is that 19% doing being part of a party that doesn’t trust expertise.