{{Short description|American academic administrator (born 1958)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Michael Schill | office = 17th President of Northwestern University | term_start = September 12, 2022 | term_end = September 15, 2025 | predecessor = Morton O. Schapiro | successor = Henry Bienen (acting) | office2 = 18th President of the University of Oregon | term_start2 = July 1, 2015 | term_end2 = August 20, 2022 | predecessor2 = Michael R. Gottfredson | successor2 = Karl Scholz | birth_name = Michael Harry Schill | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|9|30}} | birth_place = Schenectady, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = Princeton University (BA)<br>Yale University (JD) }} '''Michael Harry Schill''' (born September 30, 1958) is an American legal scholar and university administrator who was the 17th president of Northwestern University from 2022 until his resignation in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael H. Schill named next president of Northwestern |url=https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/08/new-northwestern-president-michael-schill/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=news.northwestern.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-09-04 |title=President of Northwestern, a School Attacked by the G.O.P., Will Resign |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/northwestern-president-resigns.html |access-date=2025-09-10 |language=en}}</ref>
Schill was the 18th president of the University of Oregon from 2015 to 2022, the 13th dean of the University of Chicago Law School from 2009 to 2015, and dean of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law from 2004 to 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MICHAEL H. SCHILL – President-elect – Northwestern University |url=https://www.northwestern.edu/president/docs/michael-schill-cv.pdf |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Northwestern University}}</ref>
Schill is the author of three books and numerous articles,<ref name="Michael Schill faculty page, University of Chicago Law School">[http://www.law.uchicago.edu/node/2355/publications "Michael Schill faculty page, University of Chicago Law School"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105212319/http://www.law.uchicago.edu/node/2355/publications |date=2013-01-05 }}</ref> with foci of scholarship in real estate, housing policy, and housing market discrimination. ''Property'', which he co-authored with Jesse Dukeminier, James Krier, Greg Alexander, and Lior Strahilevitz, is a best-selling casebook used in U.S. law schools.<ref name="law.uchicago.edu">{{Cite web |title=Michael H. Schill | University of Chicago Law School |url=https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/schill |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=www.law.uchicago.edu|date=21 December 2009 }}</ref>
==Early life and education== Schill was born in Schenectady, New York, to Simon Schill and the former Ruth Coplon. He attended Linton High School and was a first-generation college student at Princeton University, where he graduated with an A.B. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1980 after completing his senior thesis, "Reinvestment and Displacement: A Research Strategy".<ref>{{Cite thesis|last=Schill|first=Michael Harry|date=1980|title=Reinvestment and Displacement: A Research Strategy|url=https://dataspace.princeton.edu/handle/88435/dsp01rx913q632?mode=full}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2016/07/1_year_in_michael_schill_bring.html|title=1 year in, Michael Schill brings quiet swagger and academic chops to UO|last=Theen|first=Andrew|date=2016-07-01|website=oregonlive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref> In 1984, he received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the ''Yale Law Journal''.<ref name="Michael Schill faculty page, University of Chicago Law School" />
== Career ==
=== Early career === Immediately after graduating from law school, Schill clerked for Judge Marvin Katz of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for the 1984 term. He practiced law at the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson from 1985 to 1987. In 1987, Schill joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and its Wharton School. He served as assistant professor of law from 1987 to 1992, when he became professor of law. From 1993 to 1995 he was professor of law and real estate. In 1995 he moved to the New York University School of Law and Wagner School of Public Service, becoming professor of law and urban planning. Simultaneously, he became the founding director of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. He held both positions until 2004, and in 2003 he became the Wilf Family Professor in Property Law.<ref name="Michael Schill faculty page, University of Chicago Law School" />
In 2004, Schill became dean and professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bartlett |first=Lauren |title=Michael H. Schill Appointed as Dean of the UCLA School of Law {{!}} UCLA |url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/Michael-H-Schill-Appointed-as-5309 |accessdate=2015-05-31 |website=newsroom.ucla.edu}}</ref> During his five and a half years at UCLA, he recruited legal scholars from top schools across the nation and established 13 endowed chairs. He launched three new legal research centers and two academic specialization programs. Alumni participation in fundraising doubled during his tenure as dean, and private philanthropy tripled.<ref name="UCLA press release">{{Cite web |title=UCLA Law dean Michael Schill to resign, head law school at University of Chicago|url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/michael-schill-101411.aspx?ncid=5371 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627063728/http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/michael-schill-101411.aspx?ncid=5371 |archive-date=2010-06-27 |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=UCLA |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=May 2026}} Schill chaired the Council of Professional School Deans and sat on the UCLA Chancellor's Executive Committee.<ref name="Michael Schill faculty page, University of Chicago Law School" />
During Schill's tenure as dean of the University of Chicago Law School, from 2009 to 2015, the school expanded its faculty, increased incoming student credentials to record levels, doubled its fundraising, and established new centers and curricula in law and economics, business leadership, and public interest law. In addition to serving as dean of the law school, Schill was appointed professor in the college, where he taught a course in law and urban problems.
=== Academic administration ===
==== University of Oregon ==== {{Promotional section|date=September 2025}} On April 14, 2015, the University of Oregon Board of Trustees named Schill as the 18th president of the University of Oregon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/michael-schill-university-chicago-be-new-uo-president|title=Michael Schill of the University of Chicago to be new UO president {{!}} Around the O|website=around.uoregon.edu|date=14 April 2015 |access-date=2016-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://president.uoregon.edu/content/investiture-michael-h-schill|title=The Investiture of Michael H. Schill|date=2016-04-01|website=President|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref> He focused on three priorities: enhancing academic and research excellence, supporting student access and success, and improving campus experience and diversity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://president.uoregon.edu/priorities-and-initiatives|title=Priorities and Initiatives|date=2015-06-15|website=President|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://president.uoregon.edu/open-mike-student-success-and-other-2018-priorities|title=Open Mike: student success and other 2018 priorities|date=2018-01-12|website=President|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref>
In 2016, Schill announced the launch of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/changes-everything-president-announces-historic-knight-gift|title=This changes everything: President announces historic Knight gift|date=2016-10-17|website=Around the O|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/university-of-oregon-erecting-a-1-billion-science-center-29944|title=University of Oregon Erecting a $1-Billion Science Center|website=The Scientist Magazine®|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.registerguard.com/news/20181011/university-of-oregon-expands-its-knight-research-campus-footprint-with-37-million-purchase|title=University of Oregon expands its Knight research campus footprint with $3.7 million purchase|last=Glucklich|first=Elon|website=The Register-Guard|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/university-closes-deal-critical-knight-campus-property|title=University closes deal on critical Knight Campus property|date=2017-06-01|website=Around the O|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref> a billion-dollar initiative to transform innovation at the University of Oregon. The first phase, anchored by a $500 million gift from the Knights, was completed in December 2020 with the grand opening of the campus’s first building.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2016/10/phil_and_penny_knight_will_giv.html|title=Phil and Penny Knight will give $500 million to University of Oregon for science complex|last=Theen|first=Andrew|date=2016-10-18|website=oregonlive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/phil-knight-gift-university-oregon-500-million/|title=University Of Oregon Gets $500 Million Gift From Phil And Penny Knight|last=Griffin|first=Anna|website=www.opb.org|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/academics/uo-receives-million-donation-from-knight-family-for-three-building/article_e71f0ca7-c7df-5c93-910f-622d3eb885b0.html|title=UO receives $500 million donation from Knight family for three-building research campus|last=McGraw|first=Noah|website=Daily Emerald|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Science Advancing Society: Knight Campus Grand Opening {{!}} Knight Campus|url=https://accelerate.uoregon.edu/grand|access-date=2021-02-23|website=accelerate.uoregon.edu|language=en}}</ref> In July 2021, the University of Oregon received a second $500 million gift from the Knights to fund the next phase of the campus.<ref>{{Cite web|title=University of Oregon Receives Second $500 Million Gift for the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact|url=https://accelerate.uoregon.edu/celebration|access-date=2021-09-21|website=accelerate.uoregon.edu|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nietzel|first=Michael T.|title=Phil And Penny Knight Have Just Given A Second $500 Million Gift To The University Of Oregon|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2021/07/06/phil-and-penny-knight-have-just-given-a-second-500-million-gift-to-the-university-of-oregon/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Jordyn|title=UO receives second $500 million gift for Phil and Penny Knight Campus for science|url=https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/2021/07/06/university-oregon-phil-and-penny-knight-campus-500-million-donate-science-center-eugene/7875574002/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=The Register-Guard|language=en-US}}</ref> Under Schill's leadership, the University of Oregon partnered with Oregon Health and Science University to seed new academic opportunities to benefit society and create a biomedical data science center focused on finding treatments and cures for cancer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2018/02/is_oregon_great_science_projec.html|title=Is Oregon great? Science projects aim to put the state's universities on the map|last=Theen|first=Andrew|date=2018-02-17|website=oregonlive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://around.uoregon.edu/biomedical|title=UO, OHSU Join Forces to Combat Cancer with Data Science|date=2019-03-12|website=Around the O|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/uo-and-ohsu-partner-to-fight-cancer-with-data/article_4509d06a-a126-11e9-8611-d74bb58fe41d.html|title=UO and OHSU partner to fight cancer with data|website=Daily Emerald|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref>
In 2021, Schill announced that the university had surpassed its $3 billion fundraising goal, a university and state record.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-13|title=Ducks Fly Past $3B Campaign Goal|url=https://around.uoregon.edu/ducks-fly-past-3b-campaign-goal|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Around the O|language=en}}</ref> During his time as president, from 2015 to the end of the campaign, the University of Oregon raised $2.5 billion and extended its comprehensive campaign goal from $2 to $3 billion. The campaign was the largest in the university's history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.registerguard.com/news/20181011/uo-aims-for-another-billion-dollars-in-fundraising|title=UO aims for another billion dollars in fundraising|last=Darling|first=Dylan|website=The Register-Guard|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/1-billion-students-academics-added-uo-fundraising-goal|title=$1 billion for students, academics added to UO fundraising goal|date=2018-09-26|website=Around the O|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref>
In 2015, Schill announced the Oregon Commitment,<ref>{{Citation|title=President Schill unveils the "Oregon Commitment"| date=10 November 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arOrKUBZ0js|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/administration/president-schill-reveals-the-oregon-commitment-at-first-all-campus/article_1cd8dd63-c1f0-50ec-a436-a63d2b42342e.html|title=President Schill reveals the "Oregon Commitment" at first all-campus address|last=Eller|first=Caley|website=Daily Emerald|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref> an effort focused on supporting student success by improving four-year graduation rates and increasing access to higher education through programs such as PathwayOregon, which provides free tuition, fees, and specialized advising to eligible Oregonians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2019/4/29/what-makes-human-beings-human-a-rising-tide-of-university-gifts-is-boosting-the-liberal-arts|title="What Makes Human Beings Human." A Higher Ed Fundraising Boom is Boosting the Liberal Arts|website=Inside Philanthropy|date=29 April 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/academics/university-of-oregon-sees-percent-student-growth-largest-pathway-oregon/article_ac2cf1c9-24e3-5472-9cb0-a0c1da688e8a.html|title=University of Oregon sees 8 percent student growth, largest Pathway Oregon class|last=Tobin|first=Michael|website=Daily Emerald|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref> As part of this effort, Tykeson Hall opened in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=President's Fall Welcome {{!}} Office of the President|url=https://president.uoregon.edu/presidents-fall-welcome-0|access-date=2021-02-23|website=president.uoregon.edu|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Five Year Report {{!}} Office of the President|url=https://president.uoregon.edu/five-year-report|access-date=2021-02-23|website=president.uoregon.edu}}</ref> It is home to two dozen academic advisors trained in an integrated approach to giving students academic and career-readiness support.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/new-uo-building-tykeson-hall-will-be-the-home-of/article_cefb21c6-6d30-52fd-8655-d56e9704c3aa.html|title=New UO building Tykeson Hall will be the home of the College of Arts and Sciences starting fall 2019|last=Crowley|first=Casey|website=Daily Emerald|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/department-of-undergraduate-studies-uses-technology-for-student-success/article_0ea48362-2381-11e9-8b67-331944108d72.html|title=Department of Undergraduate Studies uses technology for student success|last=Kanik|first=Hannah|website=Daily Emerald|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref> The university reached the goal of improving four-year graduation rates by 10 percentage points a year early, in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-20|title=The UO's four- and six-year graduation rates reach new high|url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uos-four-and-six-year-graduation-rates-reach-new-high|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Around the O|language=en}}</ref>
In an effort to encourage the exchange of ideas and make campus more inclusive and equitable, Schill held a series of events focused on freedom of expression,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/academics/freedom-of-expression-discussion-reveals-some-students-disappointment-in-uo/article_0052327e-0f35-5ee1-bec1-96f1290bb126.html|title=Freedom of Expression discussion reveals some students' disappointment in UO administration|last=Kwiecien|first=Braedon|website=Daily Emerald|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/series-hopes-spark-dialogue-freedom-expression|title=Series hopes to spark a dialogue on freedom of expression|date=2018-02-02|website=Around the O|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref> launched an African American speaker series,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/arts-culture/preview-events-in-honor-of-black-history-month/article_05dde5d4-2511-11e9-809d-a385adca570a.html|title=Preview: Events in honor of Black History Month|last=Jones|first=Alexes|website=Daily Emerald|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/angela-rye-opens-years-african-american-lecture-series|title=Angela Rye opens this year's African-American lecture series|date=2018-10-09|website=Around the O|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-taking-action-african-american-student-issues|title=UO taking action on African-American student issues|date=2016-04-26|website=Around the O|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref> oversaw the development of thirty-four diversity action plans for each major administrative and academic unit on campus, and championed the creation of a new Black Cultural Center, which opened in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.registerguard.com/news/20181012/university-of-oregon-breaks-ground-on-new-black-cultural-center-on-campus-in-eugene|title=University of Oregon breaks ground on new Black Cultural Center on campus in Eugene|last=Darling|first=Dylan|website=The Register-Guard|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref> Schill also recommended changing the names of two campus buildings to send a clear message that racism had no place at the University of Oregon and that the welfare, inclusion, and success of Black, indigenous, and other students, faculty, and staff of color was central to the university’s mission.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-09|title=President seeks input on Deady and Dunn building names|url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/president-seeks-input-deady-and-dunn-building-names|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Around the O|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Building Renaming Process {{!}} Office of the President|url=https://president.uoregon.edu/building-renaming-process|access-date=2021-02-23|website=president.uoregon.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-24|title=UO board votes unanimously to seek new name for Deady Hall|url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-board-votes-unanimously-seek-new-name-deady-hall|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Around the O|language=en}}</ref> In 2020, Schill and Provost Patrick Phillips announced a major initiative to hire more faculty of color and retain those already at the university, to establish a center on racial disparities, and to promote inclusion in the University of Oregon’s classrooms.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-09|title=Provost Phillips unveils new diversity plan|url=https://provost.uoregon.edu/provost-phillips-unveils-new-diversity-plan|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Office of the Provost|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-01|title=Updates on our academic initiatives|url=https://provost.uoregon.edu/updates-our-academic-initiatives|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Office of the Provost|language=en-US}}</ref>
During Schill's tenure as president, Philip Knight's influence increased, as did the influence other mega-donors and private foundations,<ref name="Knight's donations up to March 2021">{{cite news |last1=Manning |first1=Jeff |title=Phil Knight's University of Oregon donations push $1 billion mark with new Hayward field project |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/03/knights-university-of-oregon-donations-push-1-billion-mark-with-new-hayward-field-project.html |access-date=5 May 2022 |publisher=The Oregonian |date=March 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Di Mento |first1=Maria |title=Phil and Penny Knight's gift ranks No. 2 on list of large charitable donations in 2021: Top 10 list |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2021/12/phil-and-penny-knights-gift-ranks-no-2-on-list-of-large-charitable-donations-in-2021-top-10-list.html |access-date=12 August 2022 |publisher=The Oregonian |ref=Largest gifts of 2021}}</ref><ref name="Ballmer gift to UO">{{cite magazine |last1=Esnaashari |first1=Farbod |title=Steve Ballmer Donates $425 Million to University of Oregon and Creates Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioural Health |url=https://www.si.com/nba/clippers/news/steve-ballmer-donates-425-million-to-university-of-oregon |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=2 March 2022 |access-date=12 August 2022}}</ref> and the University of Oregon received some of the largest gifts in higher-ed history.<ref name="Major Private Gifts to Higher Education">{{cite web |title=Major Private Gifts to Higher Education |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/major-private-gifts-to-higher-education/ |access-date=12 August 2022 |website=Chronicle.com |publisher=The Chronicle of Higher Education}}</ref> Knight continued to build controversial athletic facilities, this time on the University of Oregon's main campus.<ref name="University of Nike">{{cite news |last1=Bishop |first1=Greg |title=Oregon Embraces 'University of Nike' Image |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/sports/ncaafootball/oregon-football-complex-is-glittering-monument-to-ducks-ambitions.html |access-date=5 May 2022 |issue=August 2, 2013 |work=The New York Times|date=2 August 2013 }}</ref><ref name="University of Nike Q&A">{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=John |title=Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: College Athletics and Its Corporate Sponsors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/21/books/university-of-nike-joshua-hunt-interview.html |access-date=5 May 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=October 21, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Graves |first1=Bill |title=University of Oregon will ask state to sidestep public process to build massive football project |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/06/university_of_oregon_will_ask.html |access-date=25 May 2022 |publisher=The Oregonian |ref=How Knight builds his projects}}</ref><ref name="Knight's donations up to March 2021" />
==== Northwestern University ==== On August 11, 2022, Schill was announced as the 17th president of Northwestern University, succeeding Morton O. Schapiro. The previous president-designate, Rebecca M. Blank, had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer that prevented her from taking the position; she died in February 2023. Schapiro temporarily returned to the office until fall 2022, when Schill took office. Schill was formally inaugurated as president in June 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 17, 2023 |title=President Michael Schill to be inaugurated June 2 |url=https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/02/president-michael-schill-to-be-inaugurated-june-2/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=news.northwestern.edu |language=en}}</ref>
=== 2024 Deering Meadow encampment controversy and resignation === In April 2024, amid nationwide pro-Palestinian campus protests following the 2023 Hamas–Israel war, students established a "Gaza solidarity" encampment on Northwestern's Deering Meadow. After five days of demonstrations, the university—in a statement signed by Schill—reached an agreement with organizers that allowed the encampment to end peacefully in exchange for, among other terms, permitting protests through June 1 and expanding institutional support for Palestinian and MENA/Muslim students.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wendler |first1=Jacob |last2=Kalra |first2=Avani |title=Administrators, student demonstrators reach agreement to end encampment on Deering Meadow |url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/04/29/campus/breaking-administrators-student-demonstrators-reach-agreement-to-end-encampment/ |work=The Daily Northwestern |date=29 April 2024 |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref> Jewish communal groups including ADL Midwest, StandWithUs, and the Louis D. Brandeis Center denounced the agreement, arguing that Jewish students were harassed during the encampment and that the university’s concessions rewarded conduct they saw as antisemitic. Their joint statement called the administration’s response "reprehensible and dangerous" and urged the Board of Trustees to remove Schill.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Samson |first1=David |last2=Villaflor |first2=Beatrice |title=ADL Midwest, StandWithUs, Brandeis Center call for NU President Michael Schill's resignation |url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/05/02/campus/adl-midwest-standwithus-brandeis-center-call-for-nu-president-michael-schills-resignation/ |work=The Daily Northwestern |date=2 May 2024 |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lapin |first=Andrew |title=Critics of pro-Palestinian encampments are lambasting the deals being struck to close them |url=https://www.jta.org/2024/05/03/united-states/some-colleges-are-making-deals-to-close-pro-palestinian-encampments-not-all-of-the-protests-critics-are-happy |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=3 May 2024 |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref>
Schill's handling of the encampment became a focus of federal scrutiny. At a May 2024 U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing, Republican members accused him of failing to enforce university rules and protect Jewish students, criticizing what they called a "disgraceful deal" with demonstrators.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos (Hearing Transcript) |url=https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117258/documents/HHRG-118-ED00-Transcript-20240523.pdf |publisher=U.S. House of Representatives |date=23 May 2024 |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lapin |first=Andrew |title=Under Fire From Congress, Northwestern's Jewish President Forcefully Defends Encampment Deal |url=https://www.jewishexponent.com/under-fire-from-congress-northwesterns-jewish-president-forcefully-defends-encampment-deal/ |work=Jewish Exponent |date=24 May 2024 |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref> A subsequent House staff report concluded that "no NU student faced disciplinary sanctions" in connection with the encampment, a finding critics cited as further evidence of insufficient administrative action.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kanieski Koso |first=Nineth |title=House report claims Schill 'misled Congress' in testimony, no NU student 'faced disciplinary sanctions' for encampment |url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/01/24/campus/administration/house-report-claims-schill-misled-congress-in-testimony-no-nu-student-faced-disciplinary-sanctions-for-encampment/ |work=The Daily Northwestern |date=24 January 2025 |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref> In February 2025, Schill announced his resignation as president of Northwestern University. The university's official statement cited "leadership transition priorities", but multiple outlets reported that critics—including some trustee and donor factions—saw his departure as linked in part to dissatisfaction with his handling of the 2024 encampment and broader concerns about campus antisemitism under his leadership.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Helen |title=Northwestern President Michael Schill to step down amid ongoing fallout from campus protest responses |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/11/northwestern-president-michael-schill-resigns/ |work=Chicago Tribune |date=11 February 2025 |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Krebs |first=Ella |title=Michael Schill resigns as Northwestern University president |url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/02/11/top-stories/michael-schill-resigns-as-northwestern-university-president/ |work=The Daily Northwestern |date=11 February 2025 |access-date=2 December 2025}}</ref> Schill has rejected claims that he failed to protect Jewish students, asserting in congressional testimony and campus messages that the agreement ended a "major antisemitic event" without violence and that due-process requirements limited the speed of disciplinary action.<ref>Statement of Mr. Michael H. Schill, President, Northwestern University</ref>
=== Advisory roles === Schill chaired the PAC-12 CEO Group<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oregonian/OregonLive |first=John Canzano {{!}} The |date=2020-07-08 |title=Canzano: Oregon Ducks president Michael Schill slides into the big chair in the Pac-12 Conference |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/john_canzano/2020/07/canzano-oregon-ducks-president-michael-schill-slides-into-the-big-chair-in-the-pac-12-conference.html |access-date=2021-02-23 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}</ref> and was a member of the Board of Governors for the NCAA.<ref>{{Cite web |title=COMMITTEE SELECTION LINKS: A JSP APPLICATION |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/committees/committees_roster.jsp?CommitteeName=EXEC |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=web1.ncaa.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Acharya |first=Pavan |date=2023-05-23 |title=Schill, NU administrators talk collegiate athletics at Faculty Assembly |url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/05/23/campus/schill-nu-administrators-talk-collegiate-athletics-at-faculty-assembly/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=The Daily Northwestern |language=en}}</ref> He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Ithaka Harbors, the nonprofit parent of JSTOR. He has served as a member of the New York City Loft Board, the New York City Neighborhood Investment Advisory Panel, the Fannie Mae New York Partnership Office, Housing Policy Debate and the Board of Governors of Argonne National Laboratory. He has also received research grants from the MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the United States Department of Commerce, among others.<ref name="Michael Schill faculty page, University of Chicago Law School" />
=== Publication === Schill is a co-author (with Jesse Dukeminier, James Krier, Greg Alexander, and Lior Strahilevitz) of ''Property'', a major casebook now in its ninth edition.<ref name="Property casebook, Publisher page">[http://www.aspenlawschool.com/books/Dukeminier_Property9E/default.asp "Property casebook, Aspen Publishing"]</ref> He also co-authored ''Reducing the Cost of New Housing Construction in New York City: 2005 Update'' (Center For Real Estate and Urban Policy, 2005) (with Jerry Salama and Jonathan Springer),<ref name="Reducing the Cost of New Housing Construction in New York City">[http://furmancenter.org/files/publications/NYCHousingCost.pdf "Reducing the Cost of New Housing Construction in New York City"]</ref> ''Revitalizing America’s Cities: Neighborhood Reinvestment and Displacement'' (State University of New York Press, 1983) (with Richard P. Nathan),<ref name="Revitalizing America’s Cities: Neighborhood Reinvestment and Displacement">{{Cite journal|last=Bratt|first=Rachel G.|date=1987|title=Revitalizing America's Cities: Neighborhood Reinvestment and Displacement, by Michael H. Schill and Richard P. Nathan. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1983, 184pp. Price: $39.50 cloth, $12.95 paper|url=https://ideas.repec.org/a/wly/jpamgt/v6y1987i4p724-724.html|journal=Journal of Policy Analysis and Management|language=en|volume=6|issue=4|pages=724|doi=10.2307/3323534 |jstor=3323534 |url-access=subscription|doi-access=free}}</ref> and ''The State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods'', 2003, 2004, 2005 (Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy) (with Denise Previti).<ref name="Revitalizing America’s Cities: Neighborhood Reinvestment and Displacement" /> He is also the editor of ''Housing and Community Development in New York City: Facing The Future'' (State University of New York Press, 1999).<ref name="Housing and Community Development in New York City: Facing The Future">{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Housing-Community-Development-York-City/dp/B008DM7TV0|title=Housing and Community Development in New York City: Facing the Future (Suny Series in Urban Public Policy) (Suny Series, Urban Public Policy) by Schill, Michael H. published by State University of New York Press|date=1998-12-31|publisher=State University of New York Press}}</ref>
==Honors== In April 2010, Schill received the Impact Award for Excellence in Housing from New York City's Citizens Housing and Planning Council (CHPC). He was recognized for his work as the founding director of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.<ref name="Impact Award for Excellence in Housing, Michael Schill">{{YouTube|Zo48RtoiP88|"Impact Award for Excellence in Housing, Michael Schill"}}</ref>
In 2011, Schill was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.<ref name="American Academy of Arts & Sciences members">{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.amacad.org/members |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/schill University of Chicago Law School faculty website] * [http://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/university-chicago-law-school-launches-law-economics-20-initiative University of Chicago Law School Launches Law & Economics 2.0 Initiative] * [http://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/publicservice091310 University of Chicago Law School Launches Law & Economics 2.0 Initiative] * [http://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/090809schillappointednewdean Schill Appointed Next Dean of University of Chicago Law School] *[https://president.uoregon.edu/ University of Oregon Office of the President website]
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