Academe Today: As a professor, I never expected to be arrested by my own university

Protect, don't idealize, the protesters; protests now on more than 60 campuses; pay model puts a cash value on class size; when to retire; 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 | OPINION [I’m a Professor. I Never Expected to Be Arrested by My Own University.]( By Sarah D. Phillips [STORY IMAGE]( This madness must end. ADVERTISEMENT THE REVIEW | OPINION [Protect the Student Protesters. Don’t Idealize Them.]( By Arash Azizi [STORY IMAGE]( Today’s student left has inherited some of the worst tendencies of the ’60s. NEWLY UPDATED [Here’s Where Student Protesters Are Demanding Divestment From Israel]( By Sonel Cutler and Alecia Taylor [STORY IMAGE]( Our map shows activists have put up new encampments since Friday at Pitzer College, Wesleyan University, the Universities of Georgia, of Vermont, and of Wisconsin at Madison, and more. SPONSOR CONTENT | Vital Source [Evaluating AI in Education]( COMPENSATION [This Under-the-Radar Pay Model Puts a Dollar Amount on Class Size]( By Adrienne Lu [STORY IMAGE]( Some financially strained colleges have told instructors their pay will be based on the number of students in their classes. For one adjunct professor, that amounted to a $101 paycheck. NEWLY UPDATED [Tracking Higher Ed’s Dismantling of DEI]( By Erin Gretzinger and Maggie Hicks [STORY IMAGE]( We have updated our database of ways colleges are dropping their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to include the Universities of Iowa and Northern Iowa and to provide new data for Iowa State University and the University of Texas at Austin and at Dallas. TEACHING [How Has ChatGPT Affected Your Teaching This Semester?]( By Beth McMurtrie [STORY IMAGE]( We want to hear whether things have improved, gotten worse, or stayed about the same. 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