September 14, 2007

Tenure Dispute at DePaul Ends With a Settlement and a Resignation

By PAULA WASLEY

A long-running battle between DePaul University and the controversial political scientist Norman G. Finkelstein reached an anticlimactic conclusion here last week as the professor announced his decision to resign from the university.

Mr. Finkelstein has attracted both venom and praise for his writings on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and what he has termed the "Holocaust industry." Since last spring, he has been at the center of a highly publicized tenure feud that included public

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