Amid pro-Palestinian protests in the United States, Columbia University began suspending students who refuse to leave camps set up on the student campus. The administration had given until 3 pm (Brasília time) this Monday (29) for the protesters to leave the site.
These students will not be eligible to complete the semester or graduate and will not be allowed in residence halls and academic buildings, New York University said.
“Once disciplinary action is initiated, adjudication is handled by several different units within the university based on the nature of the crime,” Vice President of Public Affairs Ben Chang said during a meeting.
The two bodies that oversee this disciplinary process are the Office of University Life and the University Senate, a policy-making group that represents students and faculty.
“Decisions made by the Office of University Life can be appealed to the dean of the student’s school,” Chang said. “Decisions made by the senate can be appealed to a panel of deans and, ultimately, the university president.”
Chang added that the university asked protesters to remove the camp, in part, to ensure that the university's commencement ceremony for its 15,000 graduates can continue as planned.
Students at Columbia, the epicenter of the pro-Palestinian protests, had already voted to defy the order and stay put.
Cornell University, also in New York, announced this Monday (29) that it suspended students who refused to move the camp to another location at the university.
Source: CNN Brasil
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