How some colleges have de-escalated campus protests and negotiated with students

NYPD officers in riot gear enter Columbia University's encampment as they evict a building that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters in New York, April 30, 2024.As anger over Israel's military operations in Gaza mounted, students from Columbia University's Apartheid Divest coalition assembled on the university's South Lawn on April 17, demanding that school officials disclose its financial investments.

Schools that negotiated with students versus calling in law enforcement have seen different results, University of Alabama at Birmingham criminal justice professor John Sloan III said. GWU had five days of demonstrations before the school president asked Washington's Metropolitan Police Department for assistance; however, the request was rejected, according to. Officers used pepper spray against the protesters and 33 people were arrested during the confrontation, Mayor Muriel Bowser said.

One thread among schools that were able to de-escalate demonstrations: communication between the administration and students. "In any crisis, people want to be heard, if they aren't things will escalate," said Sandy Lish, an expert on crisis management who focuses on higher education. "I do know that better adherence to our rules and effective enforcement mechanisms would obviate the need for relying on anyone else to keep our community safe," Minouche Shafik said in a statement last month. "We should be able to do this ourselves."

At Harvard, the Palestine Solidarity Committee was suspended and student protesters were told they would be placed on "involuntary leave."

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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