Faculty Lounge Illinois Professors Unhappy with Governor’s Pick to Higher Ed Board over Union Views Spencer Irvine May 21, 2016 From the Campus Reform: “Professors are lashing out at Gov. Bruce Rauner’s (R) appointment of a part-time lecturer to represent faculty on the Illinois Board of Higher Education, complaining the choice is anti-union.”
MLA, Perspectives Rehashing Salaita’s Firing, Again Spencer Irvine January 24, 2016 The Modern Language Association (MLA) is obsessive over Steven Salaita’s firing at the University of Illinois, demonstrated by a panel…
Faculty Lounge Illinois Settles with Salaita for the Sum of $600,000 Spencer Irvine January 9, 2016 The University of Illinois withdrew a job offer to Steven Salaita over anti-Israeli comments on his Twitter account, after which…
Faculty Lounge Ousted anti-Israel Professor Steven Salaita Settles with University of Illinois Spencer Irvine November 17, 2015 The Salaita saga has finally ended: The professor, whose job offer to the U. of Illinois-Urbana Champaign was rescinded after…
Faculty Lounge University of Illinois Backtracks from Blocking 9/11 Flag Display by College Republicans Spencer Irvine September 11, 2015 The College Fix reported: In the end, honoring the dead of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks beat the lawn-care needs…
Faculty Lounge 41 University of Illinois Officers want anti-Israel Professor Steven Salaita Reinstated Spencer Irvine August 29, 2015 Forty-one executive officers at the University of Illinois signed a letter that demanded several things, one of which was Salaita’s…
Faculty Lounge Trustees Reject Golden Parachute for Resigning Chancellor Spencer Irvine August 19, 2015 Campus Reform noted: Despite resigning amidst a scandal concerning her use of a private email account to conduct official business,…
Faculty Lounge Sound Familiar? Secret E-mails Released, but from Illinois University over Firing Controversial, anti-Israel Professor Spencer Irvine August 16, 2015 As the College Fix reported: University of Illinois officials conducted official business and discussed controversies on email accounts that they…
Faculty Lounge Steven Salaita, whose Anti-Israel Tweets led to his firing at Illinois, is headed to Lebanon Spencer Irvine July 5, 2015 Salaita will be teaching at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.
Faculty Lounge Censure Issued to University of Illinois after Salaita Controversy Spencer Irvine June 17, 2015 As the College Fix noted: “…The American Association of University Professors voted to censure the University of Illinois for rescinding…
Faculty Lounge Salaita goes after Illinois Donors in post-firing controversy Spencer Irvine February 1, 2015 Steven Salaita, who did not get tenure at the University of Illinois for anti-Semitic remarks, is now suing the university’s…
