College presidents are tired of the disruption, bullying, and ugly footage produced by anti-Israel student encampments. Some have even resorted to calling the police. But calling in law enforcement is deeply unpopular on campus, infuriating the anti-Israel protesters and their faculty backers while generating denunciations in higher education circles.
As a result, presidents at institutions such as Rutgers, the University of Minnesota, and Northwestern have decided to cut deals with their protesters instead. The press tends to rosily describe this approach as a win-win “de-escalation,” with higher education “experts” explaining that “such agreements can feel like victory to students, and offer a sigh of relief for administrators.”
Of course, there’s another term for these “success stories,” in which campus officials plead with disruptive, intimidating, and
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