University President Denies Pro-'Design' Professor's Appeal for Tenure

Iowa State University (ISU) president Gregory Geoffroy announced Friday that he had denied the appeal for a pro-intelligent design (ID) professor to receive tenure.

Guillermo Gonzalez, professor of astronomy and author of the intelligent design book The Privileged Planet, filed the appeal after he was denied tenure last month, citing that the rejection was based off discrimination for his support of ID – which holds that the biological aspects of life are too complex to have evolved randomly, but must have been produced by an unidentified intelligence.

ISU faculty has stood by its position, however, stating that they have a right to select who is suitable for their permanent staff.

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