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When protests against the Israel-Hamas war swept across college campuses 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 student protests?
Guest: Kate Hidalgo Bellows, staff reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education
Related Reading:
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Mideast War, Midwest Crisis (chronicle.com/article/mideast-war-midwest-crisis?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-professors-at-protest&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-09-17-slnk-e003-l1) : Indiana U. made a series of unpopular decisions. Then it called the police on protesters.
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‘These Terms are Just Absurd’ (chronicle.com/article/these-terms-are-just-absurd-how-one-university-disciplined-professors-accused-of-assisting-an-encampment?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-professors-at-protest&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-09-17-slnk-e003-l2) : How One University Disciplined Professors Accused of Assisting an Encampment
• As an 8-Day Protest Shut Down a University, Administrators and Faculty Sparred Over What to Do (chronicle.com/article/as-an-8-day-protest-shut-down-a-university-administrators-and-faculty-sparred-over-how-to-respond?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-professors-at-protest&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-09-17-slnk-e003-l3)
• Cooley law firm’s review (https://news.iu.edu/live/files/2-independent-report-and-recommendations-for-iupdf) Indiana University’s handling of protests.
For more on today’s episode, visit chronicle.com/collegematters (chronicle.com/podcast/college-matters-from-the-chronicle?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-professors-at-protest&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-09-17-slnk-e003-l4) .
When protests against the Israel-Hamas war swept across college campuses 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 student protests?
Guest: Kate Hidalgo Bellows, staff reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education
Related Reading:
•
Mideast War, Midwest Crisis (chronicle.com/article/mideast-war-midwest-crisis?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-professors-at-protest&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-09-17-slnk-e003-l1) : Indiana U. made a series of unpopular decisions. Then it called the police on protesters.
•
‘These Terms are Just Absurd’ (chronicle.com/article/these-terms-are-just-absurd-how-one-university-disciplined-professors-accused-of-assisting-an-encampment?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-professors-at-protest&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-09-17-slnk-e003-l2) : How One University Disciplined Professors Accused of Assisting an Encampment
• As an 8-Day Protest Shut Down a University, Administrators and Faculty Sparred Over What to Do (chronicle.com/article/as-an-8-day-protest-shut-down-a-university-administrators-and-faculty-sparred-over-how-to-respond?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-professors-at-protest&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-09-17-slnk-e003-l3)
• Cooley law firm’s review (https://news.iu.edu/live/files/2-independent-report-and-recommendations-for-iupdf) Indiana University’s handling of protests.
For more on today’s episode, visit chronicle.com/collegematters (chronicle.com/podcast/college-matters-from-the-chronicle?utm_campaign=che-pcm-pd-ep-sn-professors-at-protest&utm_medium=aud&utm_source=mgp&utm_content=24-09-17-slnk-e003-l4) .
