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$600k, half of which probably disappeared into taxes, and his career is shot.

The subtitle mentions that he was a tenured professor, so he's not feigning simplicity either.


Wikipedia: In response to the university's actions, a group of over 40 Jewish faculty and students at the university signed a letter to Chancellor Wise and the board, protesting what they consider an unjustified conflation of "criticism of the Israeli state with anti-Semitism."


I'm pleasantly surprised that he got such a settlement.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Salaita_controversy


https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/08/10/u-illinois-re...

some administrators had hidden some emails about the case - so the university had to settle.


I find myself much easier to be a principled individual with $800K in the bank account than without. Give the man a break.


I find myself much easier to be a principled individual with $800K in the bank account than without.

Isn't that exactly what 'superconformist said?


Don't be silly, "just a simple man" is clearly meant to be sarcastic.


the worst tldr i've read in a while.


I read a large chunk of it, and I didn't notice anything about asettlement -- this definitely puts a VERY different perspective on it.


The author provided a link in the article for the reasoning why he got fired. That link contained the controversial tweets about Israel and Gaza.




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