The tumult will likely abate over the summer, according to experts, but could return again in the fall as the concessions made by some colleges come into sharper view.
As the academic year comes to an end, student protesters have continued demonstrating during graduation ceremonies. At Arizona State University, students have filed lawsuits against the school, claiming that their suspensions violated their right of free speech.
As presidents ratchet up their measures to snuff campus protests, utilizing law enforcement and threats of suspension and arrest, faculty are increasingly becoming more disdainful toward their institutional leadership.
Calls for divestment in Israel are fueling protests nationwide, but institutions' commitment to financial security is creating an uncomfortable ethical quandary.
Vanderbilt University students protests began Tuesday after an amendment to the Vanderbilt Student Government Constitution, which would prevent student government funds from going to certain businesses that support Israel, was removed by administration officials from a student ballot in late March. The sit-in ended early Wednesday morning, with numerous students removed from an administration building […]
The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit in Manhattan on behalf of a pair of pro-Palestinian student groups that were suspended last fall after their protests pushing for a cease-fire in Gaza allegedly violated university policy. The groups were not given the chance to appeal their suspensions and their suspensions were renewed past […]
Fraternities are pushing back against the University of Maryland’s suspension of 35 Greek organizations on the College Park campus. Some fraternity presidents say the move to ban recruiting and any social activities involving alcohol unfairly targets fraternities and sororities following the rules. “Social activities are about to hit an all-time low,” a student said. “I mean for […]
A Rutgers University law student is suing the school, claiming discrimination and retaliation after he spoke out against antisemitism on campus. Yoel Ackerman says a fellow student sent him a video containing false statements that denied Hamas’ actions during the attack in Israel in October. He reported the video to the Jewish Law Students’ Association, as he […]
