Who Defines the Curriculum: Politicians or Faculty? – Ben Robinson
Robinson discusses academic neutrality and its incompatibility with the political influence that SEA 202 sets up.
Political Influence
Kinsey faced fierce oposition but Herman B Wells stood firm – James Madison
Madison discusses the history of the Kinsey Institute and support that Kinsey received from IU President Herman B Wells and […]
Cynical View of Government – Leslie Lenkowski
Lenkowski discusses the difference between external political discourse and political influence in the academic space. He emphasizes that harsh words […]
Administration was Chosen to Enforce Political Viewpoints – Micol Seigal
Seigal discusses the political motives behind the change in leadership at IU. The link between business, politics, and changing the […]
Politics tries to Dictate Curriculum – Matt Pierce
Pierce describes how invasive the legislature in Indiana is in dictating curriculum within K-12 schools. This approach of political control […]
SEA 202 is dangerous – Steve Sanders
Sanders discusses the unprecedented intrusion on the substance of faculty work on universities. He outlines two different political arguments that […]
My Problem With The General Assembly – James Madison
Madison discusses the lack of representation of the average voter in Indiana in the General Assembly in the statehouse on […]
More People See the Fallacy – David Sabagh
Sabagh describes the protests on IU’s campus and the increased awareness that they have brought. He emphasizes the response as […]
Gerrymandering – Matt Pierce
Pierce ties gerrymandering to the rise of culture war against universities. The results of general elections are eliminated using gerrymandering […]
Tenure is important in employment relationship – Kenneth Glenn Dau-Schmidt
Dau-Schmidt talks about the protections that tenure grants to professors and the role of tenure in a university running smoothly. […]