The trustees had been elected by IU alumni, but a controversial addition to the new state budget empowered the governor to replace them. Gov. Mike Braun was given the power to fire elected board ...

Braun announced Monday his appointees to the IU Board of Trustees include Sage Steele, James Bopp Jr., Brian Eagle, and W. Quinn Buckner, all of whom are Indiana University alumni. Their terms vary, ...

Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed legislation ending Indiana University alumni's 134-year-old right to elect three members of the university's Board of Trustees.

Gov. Mike Braun’s signing of legislation that takes away the right of Indiana University’s 800,000 alumni graduates to elect three members of the university’s Board of Trustees, was a sad ...

According to our partners at the Indiana Capital Chronicle, the new language gives the governor the power to remove and replace an alumni-appointed board member "at any time." The new rules stipulate ...

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Indiana University alumni voice concerns over new state policy that gives governor full control over university trustees, limiting alumni input. 75° Make wishtv.com your home page ...

A coalition of ranking Indiana University alumni voiced “alarm and anger” Wednesday to new state policy that eliminates alumni input in the selection of university trustees and instead gives ...

Braun defended the policy move, emphasizing to reporters Wednesday afternoon that just 1.7% of IU alumni participated in past votes to elect trustees. “It wasn’t representative.

A coalition of ranking Indiana University alumni voiced “alarm and anger” Wednesday to new state policy that gives decision-making power over the board of trustee’s membership to the governor.

More than 25 Indiana University graduates who held leadership with its alumni group sent a letter to Gov. Mike Braun calling legislation that would remove their voice from the trustee selection ...

It also said IU has had alumni participate in the trustee selection process since 1891. "Governors may appoint trustees because of their political beliefs, but alumni do not," the letter said.