As some colleges, including Yale and Tulane, revive protests this spring, campuses respond with disciplinary action
Over the first two days of May, a total of six Swarthmore College students were interim suspended for the creation of a campus encampment earlier in the week. The students in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, were suspended without due process and were told to evacuate from campus, said Swarthmore’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) in a 2 May statement.
Of the six students who were temporarily suspended, four were people of color and three were first-generation, low-income students, the statement continued: “This is part of a disturbing trend of Swarthmore exploiting the vulnerabilities of student protesters on the basis of racialized discrimination.” The students on interim suspension are banned from attending college events or stepping foot on campus. Swarthmore SJP did not respond to a request for comment by the publication date.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/swarthmore-students-suspended-pro-palestinian-camp
Author : Melissa Hellmann
Publish date : 2025-05-02 23:55:00
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