Indiana University's flagship campus in Bloomington was a center for expertise in global cultures and languages, among many other strengths. Now, its President and the state legislature are destroying it. And the Board of Trustees is cheering them on. A story being repeated, with variations, at campuses across the country.

Johannes Tuerk, chair of Germanic Studies, explains why the faculty voted overwhelmingly no-confidence in the President:

"During the faculty deliberation, a large variety of concrete grievances were discussed, ranging from the lack of advocacy for the university, a failure to engage graduate students and their unionization effort, the suspension of a professor without due process, the cancelation of an art exhibit years in the making, the potential severing of the renowned Kinsey Institute from the university, and the impression that the Whitten administration was encroaching on shared governance and academic freedom." 1/2

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