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At Columbia University and elsewhere, law enforcement is displaying a growing militarization when it's sent in against protesters, according to a criminal justice historian
https://theconversation.com/why-universities-turn-to-the-police-to-end-student-protests-and-why-that-can-spiral-out-of-control-229158
#News #BreakingNews @academicchatter #HigherEd
Why universities turn to the police to end student protests − and why that can spiral out of control
While most colleges and universities have their own police units, some schools, like Columbia University, have only private security − and then can call in outside police when they feel it is needed.The Conversation
My faculty association's response to the university's recent letter to students:
"The Administration appears to believe that with the stroke of a pen it can transform freedom of expression from a fundamental right, the protection of which is the sine qua non of the University, into a privilege that the Administration may confer or deny at its pleasure. This cannot stand."
https://www.utfa.org/sites/default/files/2024-04-30_utfa_letter_re_demonstrations.pdf
A University of Georgia student was sent this notice of interim suspension after he was arrested Monday at a protest.
The email at 5:09 pm asked him to explain why he shouldn't be suspended by 5:10 pm or it would go into effect at 5:11 pm.
(h/t Patrick Quinn/ATLNewsFirst)
#georgia #palestine #protest #highered #news
Timely reminder that disabilities are fluid. A person may be symptomatic one day and fine the next. A student may not need accommodations during the semester, but the end of the term rush may make accommodations very necessary. This does NOT mean the student is faking it or taking advantage of you.
#AcademicAbleism #AcademicChatter #InclusiveTeaching #HigherEd
University protests against Israel's war in Gaza are spreading across the U.S. After multiple Columbia University students were arrested last week for refusing to leave an encampment, arrests were made at Yale University today.
Daily Beast has a recap of what's happening, including new protests at New York University and the University of Michigan: https://flip.it/2MJY.s
For more stories on the Mideast crisis, follow @israel-hamas-war-thenewsdesk
Well, it's now in the #LATimes :
"a swarm of on- and off-campus groups attacked Tabassum. They targeted her minor, resistance to genocide, as well as her pro-Palestinian views and “likes” expressed through her Instagram account."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-15/usc-valedictorian-asna-tabassum
#USC #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #gaza
USC bans pro-Palestinian valedictorian from speaking at graduation
The University of Southern California cited safety reasons Monday in keeping its pro-Palestinian valedictorian from speaking onstage at her graduation ceremony.Jaweed Kaleem (Los Angeles Times)
https://theconversation.com/trump-era-tax-cuts-contributed-to-a-decline-in-higher-ed-giving-with-fewer-americans-donating-to-colleges-and-universities-220574
#highered #USpolitics
Trump-era tax cuts contributed to a decline in higher ed giving, with fewer Americans donating to colleges and universities
Researchers who analyzed a decade of data detected a reduction in giving after millions of Americans stopped getting a tax break tied to charitable giving.The Conversation
"The last poem read aloud was titled “If I Must Die.” It was written, hauntingly, by a Palestinian poet and academic named Refaat Alareer who was killed weeks earlier by an Israeli airstrike. The poem ends: “If I must die, let it bring hope — let it be a tale.”
Soon after those lines were recited, the university administration shut the reading down"
