We The Hoosiers

We The Hoosiers is a coalition of alumni, students, former and current faculty and staff, and other stakeholders committed to protecting free speech, academic freedom, and shared governance at Indiana University.

Our Concerns

An incomplete, chronological list of events that have eroded IU's capacity to function as a respected institution of higher learning.

2025

November

IU removes a School of Social Work lecturer from her class following an intellectual diversity complaint.

October

IU fired Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush, who refused to censor the Indiana Daily Student newspaper. IU temporarily cut the IDS print edition.

September

IU deemed among the nation's worst institutions for free speech.

June

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education eliminated 43 and suspended 206 majors across the IU system.

May

The Indiana state legislature eliminated elected alumni positions from the IU Board of Trustees, allowing the governor to appoint all Trustees.

A court granted a preliminary injunction against the "expressive activity policy" enacted following 2024 protests, deeming the policy a likely violation of the First Amendment.

March

IU terminated professor Xiaofeng Wang and libraries analyst Nianli Ma without due process.

February
President Pamela Whitten received a 28% pay raise and a renewed five year contract.

2024

May

IU-South Bend faculty called for President Pamela Whitten's resignation.

April

Hundreds of IU-Bloomington faculty supported a vote of "no confidence" in President Pamela Whitten, Provost Rahul Shrivastav and Vice Provost Carrie Docherty. Numerous IUB schools passed similar votes.

IU brought armed stated police onto IU-Bloomington campus to arrest 33 protestors. University actions were condemned by the ACLU, NAACP, and others.

2023

December

IU suspended Professor Abdulkader Sinno in the wake of a Palestine Solidarity Committee meeting.

IU canceled the scheduled exhibition of Palestinian-American artist Samia Halaby.

Latest News from Campus

Court orders IU to remove reprimands from protesters' permanent records

https://www.ipm.org/news/2026-01-08/court-orders-iu-to-remove-reprimands-from-protesters-permanent-records

Bill would restore IU alumni-elected trustees, oust some Braun appointees

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2025/12/senate-bill-indiana-university-board-trustees-braun-alumni

IU trustees approve criteria for state mandated faculty reviews

https://www.ipm.org/news/2025-12-05/iu-trustees-approve-criteria-for-state-mandated-faculty-reviews

Suspended IU prof returns to class — with university observers

https://www.ipm.org/news/2025-12-05/suspended-iu-prof-returns-to-class-with-university-observers

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