After the Killing of a Journalist, Colleges Confront Their Saudi Ties

The killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi exile and Washington Post columnist, first troubled media companies, then business titans, then nongovernmental organizations, and ultimately government officials. It drew responses on Tuesday from the Trump administration, which issued its first diplomatic action against the suspected killers, and on Wednesday from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, in his first public comments on Khashoggi’s death. Now, as Saudi officials issue yet another about-face on the killing, urgent questions surrounding the grisly death of a dissident are reaching academe.