She wants Penn to be regarded as a school that truly values diversity in all its forms. After several free speech incidents, she has stated that differences in opinion only enrich a community of scholars. At a snails pace, and after much publicity, she has begun to look at the way administrative offices try and impose social norms upon students. What Rodin has left untouched is the intolerance of some of Penn's faculty members. Many professors hold strong political views and act upon them on a daily basis.
Every individual has a right to free and voluntary association.
Some professors do not see a problem with identifying their political convictions and expressing their views. Others go further and believe in pressing said views upon their students. Whenever someone suggests that the politicization of the classroom is a problem, he is ridiculed and labeled paranoid or told that such practices have been successfully banished from the academy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Three weeks ago, such a case popped up on an electronic mailing list.