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Author Archives: David Prochaska
Winning and Losing: The Salaita Affair & A Proposed UIUC/Carle Medical School
UIUC Chancellor Phyllis Wise has soiled herself, and the university’s reputation, by how she and her administration have handled the hiring and summary dismissal of Prof. Steven Salaita. Up until at least the evening of July 22, 2014 Chancellor Wise … Continue reading
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The Common Man Party’s Uncommon Victory
India Watcher earned a Ph.D. at UIUC In a major upset, the two-year old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, Common Man’s Party) won the elections to Delhi’s state legislature on February 10, 2015, winning 67 seats out of … Continue reading
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Neo-Liberalism and a UIUC/Carle Medical School
It is no longer necessary to argue that corporatization, the neoliberal application of business practices to the university, is occurring at UIUC. The latest example is the proposed public-private UI-Carle medical school spearheaded by Chancellor Phyllis Wise. “This article resonates … Continue reading
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How Public & Private Work Together Today: A UIUC/Carle Medical School?
University of Illinois (UIUC) Chancellor Phyllis Wise, already at the center of the Steven Salaita affair, is proposing that UIUC and Carle partner to build a medical school. A public university pursuing a large-scale project with the private sector is … Continue reading
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The Red-hunt Did Not Skip Urbana
By Chandler Davis Chandler Davis had to ply his trade in Canada, turning emeritus at the University of Toronto in 1992 after thirty years in the tenured ranks. Nevertheless he was not forgottenby US colleagues, and was even elected Vice-President … Continue reading
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The Salaita Affair
The Salaita Affair Professor Steven Salaita posted several thousand tweets during the 2014 Israeli-Gaza conflict highly critical of Israel, frequently couched in passionate, incendiary language. Over the war’s seven weeks, 71 Israelis were killed, and over 2100 Palestinians, including 500 … Continue reading
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A Faculty Union at UIUC: the State of Play
Since the first part of this article appeared in the last Public i, UIUC non-tenure track faculty have conducted a six-week card drive, turned in the requisite number of cards mid-May, and after surviving a challenge by UI administration, have … Continue reading
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A Faculty Union at UIUC Part 1
The UI Chicago faculty union signed its first contract in April 2014. In Urbana the Campus Faculty Association (CFA) submitted in mid-May the necessary number of cards to create a full-time non-tenure track (NTT) faculty union (part-time NTT’s are excluded … Continue reading
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University of Illinois at Chicago Faculty Union Goes on Strike: What Are the Stakes?
On February 18-19, 2014 the University of Illinois at Chicago faculty union staged a strike joined by more than 1000 faculty, students, and other supporters, and that received widespread media attention locally and nationally. With no appreciable progress made on … Continue reading
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