Campus protests prompt US universities to tackle misinformation

Columbia cancels commencement as US-wide protests continue

Ivy League university at centre of nationwide series of student demonstrations will try for smaller events away from campus encampment

By Paul Basken

7 May

New York Police Department officers detain dozens of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University after they barricaded themselves at the Hamilton Hall building near Gaza Solidarity Encampment earlier in New York, United States on April 30, 2024

Can US universities ‘heal’ after campus clashes over Gaza?

Former Berkeley chancellor says sanctions on protest ringleaders must be seen to be just, although decisions may now be outside universities’ control

By Jack Grove

6 May

Portland, Oregon, USA - October 6, 2011 A young man holds a sign that reads Top 1٪ Y U No Pay Taxes during an Occupy Wall Street event in downtown Portland.

How best should US universities respond to campus protests?

Tough decade-old experience with police violence taught California universities the value of restraint, though divisive politics may already be straining its ability to keep its ideals

By Paul Basken

2 May

National guardsmen at the Kent State massacre, 1970

This isn’t the 1960s. Administrators are now conscripted into the attack

The unprecedented pressure on presidents from donors and pressure groups renders them unable to defend their students, says Harvey Graff

By Harvey J. Graff

2 May

As protests spread, US universities battle rise in misinformation

Institutions have adopted differing approaches to contending with fake, conflicting and confusing reports about events on and off campuses

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As protests spread, US universities battle rise in misinformation

Institutions have adopted differing approaches to contending with fake, conflicting and confusing reports about events on and off campuses

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This isn’t the 1960s. Administrators are now conscripted into the attack

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