Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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When #protests against the #Israel-Hamas war swept across #collegecampuses this past spring, student activists were joined in some cases by their professors. That’s what happened at Indiana University, where state police led a particularly aggressive crackdown on demonstrators. The professors’ reasons for participating were varied and complex, but their decisions point toward a thorny and persistent question: Do faculty members have any business joining #studentprotests?

Guest: Kate Hidalgo Bellows, staff reporter at #TheChronicleofHigherEducation