Columbia President Fails To Reach Agreement With Protesters, Refuses Demands To Divest From Israel
Columbia Univeristy failed to reach an agreement with pro-Palestinian protesters Monday.
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Columbia Univeristy failed to reach an agreement with pro-Palestinian protesters Monday.
Chancellor Daniel Diermeier said the policy of institutional neutrality halted BDS demands before the matter of Tennessee law came into question.
Columbia University failed to reach an agreement with pro-Palestinian demonstrators Monday who have camped out on campus in protest of the school’s ties to Israel.
During the second Faculty Senate this spring, members passed a motion to change the autumn start date to Tuesdays during years in which the first day of Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur conflicts with the traditional Monday start. They also considered how to manage campus protest activities.
Drake University will eliminate three programs as part of efforts to make up budget deficits, the university announced Monday. University President Marty Martin said in a message to campus that the religion major, East Asian studies minor and evidence-based health care graduate certificate will be discontinued. The 14 students in the programs will be given […] The post Drake University to eliminate three academic programs to aid in balancing budget appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.