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January 30, 2015

Dismissed Professor Steven Salaita Sues University of Illinois 
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In academic news, professor Steven Salaita has filed a lawsuit against
the University of Illinois and unnamed donors. Last year, the university
withdrew a job offer to him after he posted tweets harshly critical of
the Israeli assault on Gaza.

 

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