Editing Intelligent design movement (section)

=== Higher education ===
In 1999, William A. Dembski was invited by [[Baylor University]] president [[Robert B. Sloan]] to form the [[Michael Polanyi Center]], described by Dembski as "the first Intelligent Design think tank at a research university." Its creation was controversial with Baylor faculty, and in 2000 it was merged with the Institute for Faith and Learning. Dembski, although remaining as a research professor until 2005, was given no courses to teach.<ref>[[#Phy-Olsen 2010|Phy-Olsen 2010]], pp. 70–71</ref>

Two universities have offered courses in intelligent design: [[Oklahoma Baptist University]], where ID advocate Michael Newton Keas taught 'Unified Studies: Introduction to Biology,' and [[Biola University]], host of the [[Mere Creation]] conference.<ref>[[#Forrest & Gross 2004|Forrest & Gross 2004]], p. 165</ref> Additionally, numerous Christian evangelical institutions have faculty with interests in intelligent design. These include [[Oral Roberts University]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://webapps.oru.edu/new_php/academics/faculty_profile.php?id=61 |title=Dr. William Collier |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Oral Roberts University |location=Tulsa, OK |access-date=2012-01-05}}</ref> and [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swbts.edu/academics/faculty/college/michael-n-keas/ |title=Michael N. Keas |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary |location=Fort Worth, TX |access-date=2014-06-04 |archive-date=2014-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705121111/http://swbts.edu/academics/faculty/college/michael-n-keas/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Patrick Henry College]] teaches creationism but also exposes its students to both Darwinian evolution and intelligent design.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phc.edu/UserFiles/File/_Academics-SL/Student%20Life/2011Sp%20-%20Student%20Handbook%20-%20FINAL%20-%2004112011.pdf |title=Patrick Henry College Student Handbook |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=April 11, 2011 |website=Patrick Henry College |location=Purcellville, VA |page=17 |access-date=2012-01-05}} Edition 10.2.4.</ref>{{Relevance inline|discuss=Universities that teach ID|date=January 2012}}

In 2005, the [[American Association of University Professors]] issued a strongly worded statement asserting that the theory of evolution is nearly universally accepted in the community of scholars, and deploring requirements "to make students aware of an 'intelligent-design hypothesis' to account for the origins of life." It said that such requirements are "inimical to principles of academic freedom."<ref name="top_issues" />