Official calls professors' abortion legislation criticism a 'policy violation'

Image:  In August, an Indiana University official told faculty leaders who defended a colleague and spoke out against a near-total proposed state abortion ban that they had committed a policy violation. Colin Johnson, a tenured associate professor and president-elect of the IU at Bloomington Faculty Council, signed the letter. Johnson told Inside Higher Ed that when there may be tensions between academic freedom and the benefits of erring on the side of caution concerning matters...