An Indiana University professor was formally reprimanded for violating Indiana’s intellectual diversity law.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana announced an appeal Monday after the dismissal of its lawsuit against the state's intellectual diversity law for colleges and universities.

Indiana University has received almost 50 complaints since the state enacted Senate Enrolled Act 202, an “intellectual diversity” law that allows community members to report faculty conduct.

Ben Robinson, professor of Germanic Studies, said the investigation on him involves SEA 202, a law that requires instructors to foster “free inquiry, free expression and intellectual diversity” in the classroom.

The Purdue University Senate passed a resolution this week that opposes a bill that would reform tenure in an effort to grow “intellectual diversity” on campus.