Afternoon Update: How 50 colleges handled student encampments: a Chronicle analysis

Protests hit nearly 90 campuses; the latest arrests; Minnesota makes a deal with protesters; Biden denounces violence, defends dissent; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Afternoon Update Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT [We Looked at 50 Colleges to See How They Handled Student Encampments. Here’s What We Found.]( By Sonel Cutler, Forest Hunt, and Alecia Taylor [STORY IMAGE]( Nearly half of the protests have led to arrests. Around a dozen have faced no consequences. ADVERTISEMENT JUST UPDATED [Here’s Where Student Protesters Are Demanding Divestment From Israel]( By Sonel Cutler and Alecia Taylor [STORY IMAGE]( Nearly 90 colleges have seen encampments or sit-ins since April 18. Our map shows new ones at Dartmouth College, UC-San Diego, and California State University at Los Angeles. THE LATEST [Today’s Arrests From the Pro-Palestinian Protests on Campus]( Hundreds of city and state police officers continued their operation overnight against an encampment at the University of California at Los Angeles, arresting what the [Daily Bruin]( described as “hundreds” of students, faculty members, and other protesters. The police, who were reported to have used stun grenades and tear gas, continued a sweep that began on Tuesday night, after a [mob of counterprotesters descended on the encampment]( and brawled for hours with the protesters before law enforcement intervened. In an overnight operation, local and state police officers with riot gear and armored vehicles dismantled an encampment at Dartmouth College and arrested 90 people, including students, nonstudents, faculty members, and two reporters for the student newspaper, [The Dartmouth]( reported. One history professor [posted]( that “I have now been banned from the campus where I have taught for 34 years.” Following up on their [arrest of nearly 300 protesters]( on Tuesday night at Columbia University and City College of the City University of New York, New York Police Department officers cleared an encampment at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus, arresting 15, [The Observer]( reported. Seventeen people were arrested on Wednesday as police officers broke up an encampment at the University of Texas at Dallas, [The Texas Tribune]( reported. The police operation came days after [dozens were detained]( in two [rounds of arrests]( at UT’s Austin campus. Police officers in Portland, Ore., this morning removed protesters from Portland State University’s library, arresting 12, [KGW]( reported. THE ALTERNATIVE [Under Deal With Protesters, U. of Minnesota Flagship Pledges Progress on Demands]( The agreement calls for the encampment on the Twin Cities campus to end. Protesters also promised not to disrupt final exams or commencement. In return, the university committed to making progress on six demands. The pacific outcome followed [similar steps on a few other campuses](. (The Minnesota Daily, The Chronicle) THE WHITE HOUSE [Biden Denounces Campus Violence and Antisemitism but Defends Right to Dissent]( In an unscheduled televised statement, the president condemned protesters who, he said, had taken their grievances over Israel’s war against Hamas too far. But he rejected Republican calls to summon the National Guard to stamp out the campus protests. (The New York Times) CAMPUS SPEECH [U.S. House Passes Antisemitism Bill With Broad Bipartisan Support Amid Campus Arrests]( The legislation would require the U.S. Education Department to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism in enforcing antidiscrimination laws. The bill’s prospects in the Senate are not clear. The definition has been [criticized as fostering the censorship]( of any critics of Israel, not just purveyors of religious or ethnic hatred. (NBC News, The Chronicle) ADVICE [AI Detection Is a Business. But Should It Be Faculty Business?]( By José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson [STORY IMAGE]( How many false accusations of cheating are you and your institution willing to accept as collateral damage? TEACHING [What Does an A Mean? Readers Weigh In.]( By Beckie Supiano [STORY IMAGE]( A number of responses focused on the idea of mastery. ADMISSIONS [Conn. Won’t Forbid Legacy Admissions After Lawmakers Weaken Proposed Ban to a Study]( The original legislation, following [similar measures]( in [other states]( would have [barred]( public and private colleges from granting [admissions preferences]( to the children of alumni. But this week the State Senate amended the bill so colleges would only have to report data annually on legacy admissions. (Connecticut Insider, The Hechinger Report, The Chronicle) LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE [Louisiana Governor Could Hire University-System Presidents Under Proposal]( A bill in the Legislature would give Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, unprecedented power over public higher education in the state: the ability to directly hire presidents of campuses in university systems. The bill, which raises accreditation concerns, joins separate legislation that would allow Landry to [choose the chairs of public-university boards](. (Louisiana Illuminator, The Advocate) CAMPUS CUTS [Narrowly Avoiding Closure, Northland College to Stay Open Under New, Smaller Model]( The Wisconsin college said in March it [would have to close]( if it did not raise $12 million in a month. Despite apparently failing to meet that goal, Northland said it would remain open by cutting its number of majors to eight from 42 and making unspecified layoffs. 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