Purdue avoids state’s crackdown on classroom ‘bias,’ but IU has not

Lafayette Journal & Courier

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Indiana University has a more accessible system for reporting professor bias than Purdue University.

IU has processed nearly 50 complaints and disciplined faculty, while Purdue has processed none.

Critics of the law, known as SEA 202, argue it can stifle classroom discussion on controversial topics.

IU's online reporting portal allows anonymous complaints without requiring proof of affiliation with the university.

Faculty at both universities express concern that the law creates an atmosphere of fear, affecting curricula.

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — Nearly two years after legislators pushed through a controversial law requiring Indiana public universities to establish a way for students to report their professors for being biased in the class