Colleges Seek to Balance Safety and Students’ Right to Protest Gaza War
Since the war began, colleges and universities have struggled to balance campus safety with free speech rights amid intense student debate and protests.
Pro-Palestinian Protests Sweep US College Campuses Following Arrests at Columbia
Schools sought to diffuse tensions over Israel’s war with Hamas while struggling with where to draw the line between allowing free expression while maintaining campus safety.
Police Arrest Dozens of Pro-Palestinian Protesters at Columbia University
Several students involved in the protest said they also were suspended from Columbia and Barnard College, including Isra Hirsi, daughter of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Columbia’s President Testifies Before Congress on Campus Conflicts Over Israel-Hamas War
She took a more decisive stance than the presidents of Harvard and the UPenn, who gave lawyerly answers when asked if calls for the genocide of Jews would violate school policies.
Israel-Hamas War Sparks Tension, Anguish on US College Campuses
America’s colleges aspire to be places where ideas meet and common ground emerges. As the death toll rises in the Israel-Hamas war, they have become seats of anguish.
Columbia University Student Files Complaint with Department of Education, Alleging Anti-Semitism
Invoking President Donald Trump’s recent executive order targeting anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses, the complaint accuses the Columbia administration of failing to address discrimination against Jewish students on its campus.
Columbia President Lee Bollinger Weighs In On The State of Campus Speech
Columbia University president and First Amendment scholar Lee Bollinger writes about the state of free speech on college campuses. Despite President Trump’s claim that an executive order was necessary to […]
First Amendment Watch spoke with panelists at the National Conference on the First Amendment at Duquesne University about their areas of expertise in the First Amendment space.