Michael Schill faced blowback from Republicans during a congressional hearing in 2024, who argued the institution was failing to tackle antisemitism during on-campus protests regarding Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The school has also been a target of the Trump administration as the White House froze about $790 million in federal funds in April, over allegations that the school was violating a civil rights law.
Big deal. He still has a position teaching in the Pritzker School of Law. These university presidents never really disappear, they just pop up in a big $$ position in a different department, continuing to get health and retirement benefits.
Ataraxis
8 months ago
Michael Schill: sticks and stones will break my bones, but it’s really the mean words that hurt me!
What a sorry excuse for a man who couldn’t face the truth that was expressed in mere words, so he has to run away.
Schill is a coward who couldn’t face down 20 year old students who have mush for brains.
He’s no different than a kindergarten teacher losing control of a classroom of 5 year olds.
daskoterzar
8 months ago
Oh no, how will he ever survive? This overpaid jackass with no common sense needs to be unemployed for awhile. Good riddance.
Old Spartan
8 months ago
Good riddance. He embarrassed NU. Did not protect Jewish and other students. Cut a deal with Hamas supporters. Hired political activists on the NU payroll. Represented the University horribly in Washington. It is good to be rid of the bum.
And beyond the factors you mention, do these Presidents ever question the value students receive? Is it even on their radar? NU offers the opportunity for a solid education, but at $97,000 dollars all in each year? Really? And what if the debt load so many students carry? The system at places like NU is unsustainable.
Call my shrink
8 months ago
His resignation matters to no one. So may he retire in peace.
He’s “only” 66. If he follows the lead of some of our other septuagenarian and octogenarian public sector heroes, he can still work for at least several more years at an outrageously high salary paid for by the taxpayers.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Big deal. He still has a position teaching in the Pritzker School of Law. These university presidents never really disappear, they just pop up in a big $$ position in a different department, continuing to get health and retirement benefits.
Michael Schill: sticks and stones will break my bones, but it’s really the mean words that hurt me!
What a sorry excuse for a man who couldn’t face the truth that was expressed in mere words, so he has to run away.
Schill is a coward who couldn’t face down 20 year old students who have mush for brains.
He’s no different than a kindergarten teacher losing control of a classroom of 5 year olds.
Oh no, how will he ever survive? This overpaid jackass with no common sense needs to be unemployed for awhile. Good riddance.
Good riddance. He embarrassed NU. Did not protect Jewish and other students. Cut a deal with Hamas supporters. Hired political activists on the NU payroll. Represented the University horribly in Washington. It is good to be rid of the bum.
And beyond the factors you mention, do these Presidents ever question the value students receive? Is it even on their radar? NU offers the opportunity for a solid education, but at $97,000 dollars all in each year? Really? And what if the debt load so many students carry? The system at places like NU is unsustainable.
His resignation matters to no one. So may he retire in peace.
He’s “only” 66. If he follows the lead of some of our other septuagenarian and octogenarian public sector heroes, he can still work for at least several more years at an outrageously high salary paid for by the taxpayers.