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American Council of Trustees and Alumni
Max Schanzenbach: An Insider's Guide to Divestment
36 minutes Posted Jun 29, 2026 at 11:03 pm.
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ACTA's chief of staff and SVP, Armand Alacbay, interviews Max Schanzenbach, the Seigle Family Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law. Professor Schanzenbach's work focuses on the intersection between economy and law, and he recently coauthored multiple papers on university divestment policies. In this conversation, he explains the crucial nuances that most discussions about universities divesting from Israel fail to consider.