Indiana lawmakers have introduced a sweeping budget bill that, if signed by Governor Mike Braun, mandates substantial changes in higher education governance, including online posting of syllabi and faculty performance reviews. It also limits faculty governance by removing voting rights for emeriti and endangers under-enrolled programs. The bill was hurriedly passed with minimal public discussion, raising alarm among educators who view it as a significant overreach into the autonomy of higher educational institutions. Critics stress the importance of public input in such extensive legislative changes.
I think overreach doesn't begin to describe the actions of the Legislature. This is really a sweeping takeover of higher education in Indiana.
I know a lot of legislators ... simply didn't have enough time to fully read it. There was no opportunity whatsoever for any sort of public input.
As people began to kind of go through it, they discovered all these higher education provisions that had never been discussed anywhere.
To have provisions of this magnitude pass in the budget bill with no hearing or public input, that was pretty shocking.
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