Curious–an apology for the idiotic civility e-mail (that inspired this), but no commitment on whether to follow the Committee's recommendation that Salaita's appointment be taken up again by the College of Liberal Arts.

ADDENDUM:  She also notes that Illinois has offered to compensate Salaita for his "reasonable losses," but I'm quite sure the University's definition of that and Salaita's differ.  His "reasonable losses" would include not only all the moving and litigation costs, but also 35 years of salary and benefits.  My expectation, as I noted early on, is that the case will not settle until Salaita's main lawsuit (for breach of contract, violation of his constitutional rights, etc.) survives the motion to dismiss and discovery is set to begin:  many lawsuits settle at that point, and Illinois's incentive to not have all the (no doubt) unseemly details of what really happened aired in public will lead them to a new interpretatoin of "reasonable losses," that will be a bit closer to reality.