Negotiations continue between Columbia protesters and university over encampment

  • 📰 NBCNewYork
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 33 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 17%
  • Publisher: 63%

Columbia University News

Education Education Latest News,Education Education Headlines

Negotiations are continuing between Columbia University administrators and protesters over an encampment that has been set up on the school's West Lawn,…

Columbia University has set Friday morning as the time an agreement needs to be reached to clear the encampment on the school's lawn but it's unclear what happens nextPro-Palestinian groups are protesting at colleges and universities across America, an outgrowth of a demonstration that yielded dozens of arrests at Columbia University last week

Negotiations are continuing between Columbia University administrators and protesters over an encampment that has been set up on the school's West Lawn, according to students involved in the negotiations. "I very much hope these discussions are successful," the school's president, Minouche Shafik, said in a letter to the university on Tuesday."If they are not, we will have to consider alternative options for clearing the West Lawn and restoring calm to campus so that students can complete the term and graduate. I am deeply sensitive to the fact that graduating seniors spent their first year attending Columbia remotely.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 270. in EDUCATİON

Education Education Latest News, Education Education Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Columbia University standoff continues with new deadline for negotiations between school and student protestersWe have the latest on the ongoing protest at Columbia, the chilling new video on an American hostage in Gaza and the new search for evidence in the Gilgo Beach murders on Long Island.
Source: ABC7NY - 🏆 592. / 51 Read more »

Student protesters begin dismantling some tents as negotiations with Columbia University progressColumbia University has said they are making 'important progress' with representatives of the student encampment on campus as protests calling for the divestment of college and university funds from Israeli military operations have continued to spread on campuses across the country.
Source: abc13houston - 🏆 255. / 63 Read more »

Student protesters begin dismantling some tents as negotiations with Columbia University progressColumbia University has said they are making 'important progress' with representatives of the student encampment on campus as protests calling for the divestment of college and university funds from Israeli military operations have continued to spread on campuses across the country.
Source: ABC7 - 🏆 67. / 68 Read more »

Student protesters begin dismantling some tents as negotiations with Columbia University progressColumbia University has said they are making 'important progress' with representatives of the student encampment on campus as protests calling for the divestment of college and university funds from Israeli military operations have continued to spread on campuses across the country.
Source: 6abc - 🏆 250. / 63 Read more »

Student protesters begin dismantling some tents as negotiations with Columbia University progress“We're making important progress with representatives of the student encampment'
Source: ABC - 🏆 471. / 51 Read more »

Columbia University extends negotiations with student activists over dismantling encampmentColumbia University said it has extended negotiations with student activists over the dismantling of the pro-Palestinian encampment that has cast its campus into days of turmoil, a spokesperson for the school said.
Source: CNN - 🏆 4. / 95 Read more »