YOUR VIEWS Letters to the Editor

The University System of Georgia is under attack by the General Assembly (again) with House Bill 154.

House Bill 154, or the "Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education Act," insinuates that Georgia colleges and universities have "political and ideological bias in hiring" of faculty and accuses professors of "indoctrinating" students and using punitive grading measures against students who disagree.

The bill furthermore insults students by telling us we're too immature to be exposed to controversial topics.

Every student here knows that all of these accusations are untrue. Tech students understand the profoundly negative effect House Bill 154 would have on the ability of schools to educate and the ability of students to learn.

No one in the classroom would benefit by wasting time presenting 'diverse' opposing viewpoints to scientifically substantiated subjects such as global warming or evolution, especially when the opposing views have little scientific evidence and little relevance to either a technical or liberal arts education such as that offered at Tech. Top-of their-field faculty will refuse to come to a school in a state that threatens their tenure and corrupts their curriculum with political mish-mash.

The people supporting this bill are trying to push their own cultural agenda by compromising the education and development of Georgia's future leaders, and they distract this state from dealing with real educational issues, like rising tuition, campus safety, and facilities improvement.

Griffin Wasdin

gtg170y@mail.gatech.edu

Fourth-year CEE

President, College Democrats