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Why colleges should think twice before punishing student protesters

  • Written by Jerusha Osberg Conner, Associate Professor of Education, Villanova University
Student activists are calling attention to a wide range of issues on campus.Drew Angerer/Getty Images

For much of the 2019-2020 academic year, Syracuse University has been besieged by student protests over how the school handled of a series of racist incidents on campus.

In the latest protest, Syracuse student activists have occupied the campus...

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