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What will student protests look like when classes are online?

  • Written by Johnathan Flowers, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Worcester State University
imageThis fall will see a change in the ways college students participate in campus activism, experts suggest. Maddie Meyer / Staff/GettyImages

Editor’s note: Campus protests have become a mainstay in American higher education in recent years. But now that many colleges and universities will be conducting classes online due to COVID-19, the nature...

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