Students Want Charges Dropped. What Is the Right Price for Protests?
At pro-Palestinian demonstrations, students have broken codes of conduct and, sometimes, the law. But the question of whether and how to discipline them is vexing universities.
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At pro-Palestinian demonstrations, students have broken codes of conduct and, sometimes, the law. But the question of whether and how to discipline them is vexing universities.
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The policy could ease pressure on the school to issue statements on current events. Officials were criticized for their handling of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.
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In House Hearing, Republicans Demand Discipline for Student Protesters
Leaders of Northwestern, U.C.L.A. and Rutgers, drawing lessons from prior hearings, sought to avoid enraging either the Republicans on the committee or members of their own institutions.
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U.C.L.A. Police Make First Arrest in Attack on Protest Encampment
Edan On, an 18-year-old, was charged with assault. The police said he beat pro-Palestinian protesters with a wooden pole.
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Protesters Stormed an Ex-Senator’s Office and Demanded She Leave. She Refused.
Heidi Heitkamp was in her office at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics when protesters occupied the building.
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Dartmouth’s Leader Called in Police Quickly. The Fallout Was Just as Swift.
Local law enforcement went in just a couple of hours after a protest encampment went up.
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For Columbia and a Powerful Donor, Months of Talks and Millions at Risk
Columbia University has faced enormous public pressure over protests. But emails and interviews also show some of the private demands on the Ivy League school.
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How Counterprotesters at U.C.L.A. Provoked Violence, Unchecked for Hours
The New York Times used videos filmed by journalists, witnesses and protesters to analyze hours of clashes — and a delayed police response — at a pro-Palestinian encampment on Tuesday.
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U.S.C. Tries to Manage ‘Train Wreck’ of a Graduation
A Netflix star will not speak at a ceremony. Security is high. And some professors are pushing for the valedictorian, whose speech was canceled, to give an address.
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Frustrated by Gaza Coverage, Student Protesters Turn to Al Jazeera
Students active in campus protests value Al Jazeera’s on-the-ground coverage and its perspective on the Israel-Hamas war. They draw distinctions between it and major American outlets.
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Two Universities Cancel Speeches by U.N. Ambassador
Invitations to Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield were withdrawn by Xavier University and the University of Vermont because of student objections to American support for Israel.
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Meeting the Mental Health Challenge in School and at Home
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The department concluded that both schools failed to appropriately respond to complaints that campus protests had veered into antisemitism and anti-Arab discrimination.
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Parents, desperate for help, are turning to private schools with a half-dozen or so students. And they are getting a financial boost from taxpayers.
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The elite Baccalaureate high school, housed in a former pocketbook factory in Queens, is known for its college-level courses. And now its undefeated softball team.
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The bishops acknowledged the church’s role in operating schools where Native American children faced abuses and forced assimilation.
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Julio Frenk, a public health expert who has led the University of Miami since 2015, will take over the elite Los Angeles school that has been rocked by protests this spring.
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Police arrested more than 20 pro-Palestinian demonstrators on U.C.L.A.’s campus after several physical confrontations with security guards.
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In 1974, a high school commencement ceremony in Moore, Okla., was interrupted by a tornado warning. Decades later, students finally turned their tassels.
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In a unanimous decision, the university’s board of trustees also moved to disband a scholarship in Mr. Combs’s name amid investigations into abuse allegations.
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An Orange County judge halted the labor action by academic workers after the university system said the walkout was causing students “irreparable harm.”
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The exercise upset some high school students who were on a field trip to the Burlington Police Department this week.
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The abrupt closure of the University of the Arts affects hundreds of faculty members and more than a thousand students.
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Harvard and M.I.T. no longer require applicants for teaching jobs to explain how they would serve underrepresented groups. Other schools may follow.
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Demonstrators had taken over the office at dawn and demanded that Stanford University trustees vote on divestment from companies said to support Israel’s military.
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The teacher in Massachusetts, who has not been named, was placed on leave after also using a racial slur, the school superintendent said.
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The Upper East Side college’s alumni include Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman to run for vice president.
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La ceremonia de graduación es un raro ritual estadounidense que todavía tiene reglas y convoca la atención pública.
By Jason Farago
President Biden’s commencement address comes at a moment of military upheaval abroad, university protests at home and a looming rematch with former President Donald J. Trump.
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When the police dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Virginia, several professors put their own safety and job security on the line to protect student protesters. Now, faculty members give us a closer look into what happened.
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In a conversation at Harvard, the justice spoke of her despair at some of the court’s decisions, but she urged optimism and a focus on future generations.
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Many officials may be confronting federal investigations, disputes over student discipline — and the prospect that the protests start all over again in the fall.
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The students were protesting Harvard University’s decision to bar 13 seniors from the ceremony in the wake of campus demonstrations over the war in Gaza.
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Commencement is the rare American ritual that still has rules. That’s why it’s ripe for disruption.
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The House committee’s school choices suggest a shift in focus, from the larger issue of campus antisemitism to pro-Palestinian encampments and their organizers.
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Anger at the university’s decision to bar 13 seniors from the ceremony in the wake of campus demonstrations over the war in Gaza was a flashpoint for the protest on Thursday.
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The billionaire Rob Hale gave the 1,200 graduates of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth a gift, and asked them to give, too.
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University of California, Los Angeles, officials have been widely criticized for their failure to stop attacks on pro-Palestinian protesters at a campus demonstration.
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Documents obtained by The Times show the department’s troubled FAFSA rollout this year came in spite of early warnings that the project required sustained attention.
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The president’s appearance at the historically Black college in Atlanta drew some respectful but noticeable protest over U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
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The votes came weeks after students at a pro-Palestinian encampment were attacked for hours by a large group of counterprotesters without police intervention.
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