Faculty articles
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Around 70 Protesting Students, Faculty Members Arrested At College In Westchester
Around 70 students and faculty members were taken into custody during pro-Palestine protests at a college in Westchester. The arrests were made at Purchase College on Thursday night, May 2 after protesters refused to leave the campus once quiet hours began, according to the school's Assistant Director of Public Relations Betsy Aldredge. According to Aldredge, the events leading up to the arrests began earlier on Thursday, when students peacefully protested for several hours while following...
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Morehouse College faculty votes to give Biden honorary doctorate in split vote
Vote to confer was a 50-38 decision as students and alumni protest at Biden being commencement speaker over handling of Gaza warMorehouse College faculty voted on Thursday to confer an honorary doctorate on Joe Biden during its upcoming graduation ceremony on Sunday, for which he plans to deliver the commencement address.The vote to confer the honorary doctorate was a 50-38 decision, with about a dozen faculty members abstaining ahead of the planned visit, which has prompted protests from some...
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UCLA chancellor faces growing faculty criticism, no-confidence vote, after weeks of turmoil
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block is facing faculty calls for his resignation and motions of no confidence and censure as criticism mounts against his leadership in the wake of a violent mob attack on pro-Palestinian protesters and a sweeping police takedown of their encampment that resulted in more than 200 arrests last week. Representatives of the 3,800-member UCLA Academic Senate — made up of tenured and tenure-track faculty — are preparing to vote on separate motions for censure and no-confidence,...