[Peace-discuss] [sf-core] L'ordre regne (as was said in Paris in '68) in Illinois

[C. G. Estabrook]

Peter N. Kirstein remarks correctly at <http://academeblog.org/2015/11/12/report-university-of-illinois-contacts-aaup-to-end-censure/> (emphasis added) that

"It should be noted that any censure or removal of [AAUP] censure requires the approval of the Association’s membership that is in attendance at its annual meeting. I suspect that the settlement alone, which *included neither the restoration of Dr Salaita to his rightful position nor any statement of regret or apology*, would not satisfy the membership’s keen interest that the University of Illinois satisfy AAUP’s specific concerns as articulated in their report that led to the recommendation and approval of censure.”

Do we really believe that the neoliberal university wants to Do The Right Thing?

—CGE

> On Nov 12, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Robert Naiman naiman.uiuc at gmail.com [sf-core] <sf-core-noreply at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> "The glass is half-full":
> 
> 1. The case brought down then-Chancellor Wise, when it was exposed that she had deliberately used private email to conduct University business in the case in order to avoid scrutiny and accountability. The interim chancellor appointed in her stead has been a champion of resolving the dispute with Salaita. 
> 
> 2. The case showed the power of concerned academics in other institutions to exert real pressure on the University in a way that affected the University's calculus (much like the NCAA sanctions regarding the Chief mascot.) The AAUP censure is perceived as a real thing here; one of the arguments given here for settling the case with Salaita is that this is a key step towards lifting the AAUP sanction; this was prominently noted in the massmail that went out today from the interim chancellor. Also, the boycott was perceived as a real thing here, damaging the University's reputation, making it harder to recruit, making it easier for people to get hired away by other institutions. 
> 
> 3. The University has been going out of its way on other fronts to prove that it is not anti-Palestinian. Salaita may not be on the UIUC faculty, but Sayed Kashua is. "It's an ill wind that blows no man good." :)
> 
> An Exile in the Corn Belt
> Israel’s funniest Palestinian writer decamps to the Midwest.
> BY RUTH MARGALIT
> http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/07/an-exile-in-the-corn-belt
> 
> ===
> 
> Robert Naiman
> Policy Director
> Just Foreign Policy
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> 
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 1:18 PM, C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
> http://academeblog.org/2015/11/12/university-of-illinois-pays-875000-to-settle-salaita-case/
> 
> The neoliberal university has won. (And it cost them less than half of firing an athletic director, for cause.)
> 
> What new faculty hire (or old faculty, for that matter) at UIUC will now take the chance of condemning Israel/US war crimes?
> 
> Anyone associated with universities knows how it's been done, since WWI. Excuses can always be found for punishing thought-crimes, regardless of 'academic freedom.'
> What the UI administrators did wrong was let it get out of hand. Steven Salaita's career should have been quietly brought to an end much earlier, if he was going to talk like that. Read e.g. about the case of Scott Nearing and many others over the last century.
> 
> UI administrators were punished for ineptitude, not for violating academic freedom: that's part of their job.
> 
> —CGE
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