Editor’s note: Watch as we recap the session live now here.
Over the course of 36 hours at the tail end of the three-month legislative session, Indiana lawmakers made significant policy changes that fundamentally alter how state universities conduct themselves.
These changes ― among them, giving Gov. Mike Braun sole appointing power over Indiana University’s board of trustees, subjecting tenured faculty to “productivity” quotas that could lead to termination, dissolving the decision-making power of faculty governance organizations ― were never the subject of a filed bill or amendment and saw no opportunity for public testimony…