With protests over Israel's war in Gaza continuing on college campuses across the U.S., administrators are negotiation with student groups, the University of Southern California cancelled the school's main commencement ceremony, and hundreds of students have been arrested.
 
At Columbia University, the epicenter of the protest movement following testimony on antisemitism before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce by president Minouche Shafik, D. Phil., negotiations were reportedly ongoing despite a rumored deadline of Thursday at midnight for students to vacate the campus lawn.
 
Since then hundreds of students have set up similar encampments from California to Massachusetts, leading to a national debate over free speech on college campuses as some Jewish students and administrators say the demonstrations have at times been sites of antisemitism.
 
Below is a selection of news stories from around the country:
 
Police Ratchet Up Use of Force on Campus Protesters
Inside Higher Ed (April 26, 2024)

Here’s What Student ‘Boycott, Divest, and Sanction’ Activists Are Demanding
The Chronicle of Higher Education (April 26, 2024)

Many Students Are Facing Campus Discipline for Protesting. What Could That Mean?
The Chronicle of Higher Education (April 26, 2024)

Here’s Where Student Protesters Are Demanding Divestment From Israel
The Chronicle of Higher Education (April 26, 2024)

At Emory, Protesters Face Gas and Police Force After Setting Up Encampment
The Chronicle of Higher Education (April 25, 2024)
 
College Protests Over Israel's War in Gaza Continue Following Hundreds of Arrests
USA Today (April 26, 2024)
 
More Arrests and a Canceled Commencement as College Antiwar Rallies Spread
The Washington Post (April 26, 2024)
 
‘DIVEST’: College Endowments Turn into Flash Point of Student Protests
The Washington Post (April 26, 2024)
 
Columbia’s University Senate Is Said to Consider Less Severe Action Against Its President
The New York Times (April 26, 2024)
 
Protesters Are Demanding Colleges Divest From Israel. Here’s Why That’s Not Happening.
The Wall Street Journal (April 26, 2024)
 
Pro-Palestinian Protests Grow at California Campuses as Opposing Demonstrators Clash at UCLA
Los Angeles Times (April 26, 2024)
 
USC Cancels ‘Main Stage’ Commencement Ceremony
Los Angeles Times (April 26, 2024)
 
Princeton U. Breaks Up Pro-Palestinian Encampment, Arrests Students
NJ.com (April 26, 2024)
 
Support for Pro-Palestinian Encampments at Emerson, MIT Only Growing, Students Say
MassLive.com (April 26, 2024)
 
Stanford Students Erect Pro-Palestine Encampment in Defiance of University's Rules
San Francisco Chronicle (April 25, 2024)
 
Anti-Israel Protesters Set Up ‘Intifada’ Tent Camp at State-Funded NYC College
New York Post (April 25, 2024)
 
Sprinklers Soak Harvard’s Anti-Israel Tent Camp at 2 Am: ‘The Biggest Threat’ to Protesters
New York Post (April 25, 2024)
 
 
The Palestine Exception to Academic Freedom Must Go - Commentary
The Chronicle of Higher Education (April 25, 2024)
 
The Divestment Encampments Don’t Make Any Sense - Commentary
Washington Monthly (April 25, 2024)