The Indiana University Graduate & Professional Student Government is making its position clear on the Kinsey Institute. Its members passed a resolution on the status of the Institute Friday at a General Assembly meeting.
The university is currently working on plans to comply with a 2023 state law barring public funds from supporting the institute.
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The GPSG advocated against the administration’s plan from last fall to create a 501(c)(3), separating Kinsey administration from the university. It calls for more transparency in the university’s decision-making process.
The resolution also urges university leaders not to separate the Kinsey Library and Special Collections from the Institute, a plan proposed by the university that alarmed Kinsey researchers.
Graduate students also demand the university protects their own research and teaching positions.
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GPSG Vice President Louis van der Elst said at the meeting that the resolution marks a starting point.
“It’s not done once we submit it and we vote on it; there is a certain accountability to follow up on it,” he said.
The resolution passed with 23 yes and two abstaining.
The GPSG is a university-sponsored organization representing graduate students on IU Bloomington’s campus.
