The IU Board of Trustees is keeping the Kinsey Institute at IU.
Following the suggestion of university President Pamela Whitten, the trustees voted unanimously Friday morning to approve an accounting solution and forego turning the Institute into a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
The trustees met with Whitten and other university leaders at their quarterly meeting at IU Southeast in New Albany.
A solution is necessary to comply with a law passed last year barring state funds to the Institute.
The university’s original proposal to separate from the Institute met strong pushback from Kinsey faculty, staff and supporters.
A working group established by the university recommended that the trustees pursue an accounting fix instead.
In an official statement, the university said its solution would maintain faculty affiliation with Kinsey and keep the collections intact.
IU acknowledged it would work to meet the key recommendations of that group by helping with fundraising, pushing back against misinformation, funding faculty and staff “to the full extent allowable by law” and providing security.
The university will submit its plan to the Indiana State Board of Accounts for review. More details on the accounting solution are not yet available, although the working group’s proposal is accessible here.
This story will be updated.
