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The Faculty Senate is slated to meet Monday to decide whether to issue a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Javier Reyes stemming from a police action directed earlier this month at a campus pro-Palestinian encampment that resulted in the arrests of about 130 demonstrators.

Some student protesters packed up their encampments voluntarily, with or without an agreement from their school. Others were removed by force.

Gov. Maura Healey voiced her support for how police were deployed to clear recent pro-Palestinian encampments at Northeastern University and Emerson College.

Governor Maura Healey voiced her support Friday for how police were deployed to clear recent pro-Palestinian encampments at Northeastern University and Emerson College.

Jay Bernhardt, who is still in his first year as Emerson’s president, is facing the same crisis that has claimed the jobs and damaged the reputations of a growing number of college presidents across the country.

The reckless actions by students and weakness shown by college administrators around the country in recent weeks shine a bright light on the serious decline of our modern educational system.

More than 2,800 readers responded to our poll. Here's what they said about amnesty for student protesters on campus.

Editor’s Note: Due to ongoing safety concerns, the following individuals quoted in this story are attributed with their initials or first name only. Five Suffolk University students were arrested at Emerson College during the dismantling of the “Popular University Encampment” April 25. As part of the 118 arrests made early that morning, protesters describe scenes...

More than 1,000 protesters have been arrested on campuses in at least eight states, including at Emerson College and Northeastern University in Massachusetts, following confrontations with police in recent days.

At Columbia University, where the mass wave of protests began, students are occupying a campus building