Tag: Indiana
Regarding Indiana Academic Freedom Bill, Newspapers Need a Lesson in Credible Legal Analysis
If the backers of this bill want to promote the teaching of creationism, they are going about doing it in a strange way.
Media Wrongly Claim Indiana Academic Freedom Bill Opens the Door to Intelligent Design
Academic freedom bills are only intended to cover topics that are already in the curriculum. Topics that are not in the curriculum (like intelligent design) are not covered by such legislation.
Is Intelligent Design Too "Transgressive" to Tolerate? More on the Investigation of Ball State University Physicist Eric Hedin
In deciding the fate of a vulnerable, untenured scientist, Professor Juli Eflin may be the wild card.
More than 7,000 Urge Ball State University to Protect Academic Freedom of Professor Eric Hedin
Discovery Institute has delivered a petition to Ball State University from more than 7,000 people, including more than 1,200 residents of Indiana, urging the university to defend the academic freedom of assistant professor of physics Eric Hedin.
The Media Passes Hasty Legal Judgment on 2 of 3 New Science Education Bills
Reporters should be reticent to fix the legally significant label “creationist” to nascent science education bills.