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[Long2Retire]

for behavior that the faculty member (and at least some classmates) viewed as disruptive

So what, exactly, did he do? Was he genuinely disruptive?

Following the outcry, IUP President Michael Driscoll sent an email to students addressing the matter on March 19.

“If you have been paying attention to the news or certain social media sites, you might get the impression that IUP is in some sort of crisis of identity or of quality or of failure to adhere to the basic principles of our society. This is just not true,” Driscoll proclaimed.

“More recently, as reported in some national and regional news, a student was temporarily removed from a class for behavior that the faculty member (and at least some classmates) viewed as disruptive to the learning environment,” he continued, adding, “the student chose to take his version of events to the media.”

After opining that a “more thoughtful” approach “would probably have resulted in a reasonable resolution of the matter, with significantly less anger and anxiety,” Driscoll acknowledged that a “thoughtful, dispassionate review of the matter” is now impossible, and announced that Ingle has been allowed back into the class.

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“Based on a review of governing policies, last week the student was informed that he is allowed to attend class,” Driscoll reported, stipulating that “I have asked a senior faculty member with significant experience in the First Amendment and a long career as a successful classroom teacher to join the class as a monitor and a mentor for all.”

Driscoll also made clear his decision to “indefinitely pause the formal university process without resolution” in Ingle’s case, though he noted that he reserves “the option to restart the university’s formal processes.”

IUP President Michael Driscoll kicks the can down the road with no resolution leaving the “the option to restart the university’s formal processes.”

Taking this to the media was the right choice. IUP President Michael Driscoll can't or won't differentiate between views and real behavior.

Lake Ingle was initially told that he could not finish the course, which he needs in order to graduate, unless he delivered an apology in front of the entire class and then sat silently while his peers and his professor judged him.

To sit "silently while his peers and his professor judged him".


Lake Ingle was courageous. Driscoll was a coward. Ingle's peers and his professor were PC bullies who couldn't handle a Christian moral view in a course named “RLST 481 – Special Topic – Self, Sin, and Salvation,”.

How about that 1A?

[ONEBGG]

Welcome To Our Board! Good question, was he "disruptive to the learning environment," because he had a different POV? I know from my own experience that this is enough disruptive behavior on some campuses.