Elite Protests

by | May 25, 2024 | Higher Education, Israel, Middle East, Protest

Marc Novicoff and Robert Kelchen at The Washington Monthly; We at the Washington Monthly tried to get to the bottom of this question: Have pro-Palestinian protests taken place disproportionately at elite colleges, where few students come from lower-income families?...

Student Protest

by | May 1, 2024 | Higher Education, Israel, Middle East, Public Opinion

Jon Keller at CBS Boston: You’ve seen the crowds and heard the rhetoric. But what impact is all the campus turmoil over the war in Gaza having on public opinion? Not much, according to Dritan Nesho, co-director of the nationwide Harvard Center for American...

An Incident at Pomona

by | Apr 8, 2024 | Higher Education, Israel

Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix: Pro-Palestinian students who stormed Pomona College president’s office were arrested and booked by riot-gear-wearing police on Friday, the Claremont Courier reported. “Nineteen were charged with misdemeanor trespassing after...

Pitzer and Haifa

by | Apr 6, 2024 | Higher Education, Israel

From JTA: An elite West Coast liberal arts school will no longer pre-approve students to study abroad at Haifa University, in a decision announced after its student government voted against the program in protest of Israel. Anti-Zionist activists at Pitzer College and...

A Statement on a Proposed Boycott

by | Mar 8, 2024 | Higher Education, Israel

Students at Pitzer College have proposed suspending the college’s direct enrollment study abroad program with the University of Haifa, At The Student Life, Ansley Washburn and Annabelle Ink report on one reaction. [On] Wednesday, Feb. 28, TSL received a statement from...