Academe Today: Rashid Khalidi on Palestine, protests, and retirement

Student-loan debt is weighing down higher ed's own workers; a retired professor who went viral on CNN explains why she's an undecided voter; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Academe Today Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. THE REVIEW | INTERVIEW [‘When Someone Says I’m a Terrorist, My Feelings Are Not Hurt’]( By Evan Goldstein [STORY IMAGE]( Rashid Khalidi on Palestine, protests, and retirement. ADVERTISEMENT [‘When Someone Says I’m a Terrorist, My Feelings Are Not Hurt’]( BACKGROUNDER [How a Rejected Course on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Rattled a Department]( By Amanda Friedman [STORY IMAGE]( Michel DeGraff, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, believes his proposed seminar was rejected because of his pro-Palestinian views. His department says otherwise. A HEAVY BURDEN [Student-Loan Debt Is Weighing Down Higher Ed’s Own Workers]( By Megan Zahneis [STORY IMAGE]( Debt of all kinds, particularly from student loans, is affecting the day-to-day finances and retirement preparedness of academic employees, a new report shows. ELECTION 2024 [A Retired Professor Who Went Viral After CNN’s Town Hall Explains Why She’s an Undecided Voter]( By Megan Zahneis [STORY IMAGE]( Carol Nackenoff, a professor emerita of political science at Swarthmore College, asked Vice President Kamala Harris what her top policy goal would be if elected. THE EDGE [AI, Administrative Jobs, and the ‘Access Doctrine’]( By Scott Carlson [STORY IMAGE]( How higher ed’s embrace of artificial intelligence plays into the notion that people need more access to skills instead of support. 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