MIT pays tenured professor not to teach, NYT reports
Michel DeGraff, a pro-Palestinian activist with tenure at MIT, was removed from his department but can't be fired; the arrangement has sparked a free speech debate on campus.
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- The New York TimesThe Controversial Class That M.I.T. Is Paying a Professor Not to Teach
“A school with a giant budget and the most expensive hallway standoff in America. Do you think they'll sort it out?”
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