Republicans get harder pushback over free speech and Gaza

Sonoma State president pushed out over Israel divestment pledge

Mike Lee retires after suspension for ending student encampment by promising to study campus’ investments and halt non-existent academic exchanges

By Paul Basken

17 May

Holding a sign that said Sue USC a USC student is arrested by campus police in USC Village after calling for USC to sued and held accountable for their actions surrounding the pro-Palestinian protest on campus on Monday, May 6, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA

Battered US faculty plan long summer of strategising

After nationwide failure to stop their presidents from arresting student demonstrators, college instructors ponder which approaches – and friends – they can turn to

By Paul Basken

21 May

University police are confronted by protestors on the University of Chicago campus while they break up a pro-Palestinian encampment to illustrate The problem of US campus policing

Why has policing of US campus protests gone so wrong?

Ideal of student-oriented officers, arising from 1960s-era protests, appears to have lost ground to profession’s more enduring imperatives

By Paul Basken

15 May

Rapprochement, not confrontation, will restore order to US campuses

Listening to students and engaging activist donors in university affairs in more constructive ways would both help, says Richard Joseph

By Richard Joseph

14 May

US Republicans get harder pushback over free speech and Gaza

As politicians stage another public hearing to shame academia, university leaders display new level of resistance, joined by students at Harvard and California system

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Sonoma State president pushed out over Israel divestment pledge

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US Republicans get harder pushback over free speech and Gaza

As politicians stage another public hearing to shame academia, university leaders display new level of resistance, joined by students at Harvard and California system

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Related articles

Sonoma State president pushed out over Israel divestment pledge

Battered US faculty plan long summer of strategising

Why has policing of US campus protests gone so wrong?

Rapprochement, not confrontation, will restore order to US campuses

Related universities

University of California, Los Angeles

Harvard University

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