When Indiana University professor Ben Robinson learned earlier in August that he was punished over a single, anonymous complaint , it solidified some faculty members' fears that their university's publicly accessible reporting systems could be used against them.

A new law enacted in 2024 requires Indiana professors to maintain "intellectual diversity" in the classroom by ensuring a wide breadth of viewpoints and limiting personal opinions while teaching. Faculty across the state rebuked it as an infringement on academic freedom and warned of a mass chilling effect on free speech and lecturing on divisive topics.

Now, three of Indiana's seven public universities host reporting systems that are open to the public and allow anonymous complaints, which extend beyond the requirements of

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