Battling Crises on Campus

Classes are back in session on most college campuses, and many administrators are steeling themselves for what could be another tumultuous term. With the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel fast approaching, the war in Gaza rages on, prompting new protests amid a slate of code-of-conduct changes. Meanwhile, Americans are preparing to head to the polls for November’s hotly contested presidential election, ramping up tensions across the country—and all at a time when the value of a college degree is increasingly being called into question. What’s a college administrator to do?