Columbia University has revoked degrees from some pro-Palestine student protesters, in addition to issuing multi-year suspensions and expulsions. The full number of affected students and graduates remains unclear, sparking concerns over academic freedom and free speech. - ThreadSky

truthout.org • 4 days ago

Columbia University has revoked degrees from some pro-Palestine student protesters, in addition to issuing multi-year suspensions and expulsions. The full number of affected students and graduates remains unclear, sparking concerns over academic freedom and free speech.

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seulementmoi.bsky.social•4 days ago

how about concerns that columbia effectively stole those students' tuition

kipca.bsky.social•4 days ago

Will they revoke the education the grads have received as well?? Seems like lawsuit material to me . .

senorstinkfist.bsky.social•4 days ago

In twenty years Columbia will be the alt right spot of choice for mediocre legacy whites to say they are Ivy League graduates. What person of ethics would want to continue teaching here, and what students would want to newly consider them?

liquidnougat.bsky.social•4 days ago

This will get those egg prices down for sure

kyriasanta.bsky.social•4 days ago

#fuckColumbiaUniversity

imoon14.bsky.social•4 days ago

joyinme.bsky.social•4 days ago

Anyone disrupting peaceful protest or using violence as a tool should be disciplined, that said, during the protest I saw Jewish and Caucasian individuals disgracing themselves and others.
It is my hope ALL students, without regard to nationality, or religion are sought out and punished equally.

lamstandley.bsky.social•4 days ago

You're all over the map with your post.

When peaceful protest doesn't work, disruption and force are necessary.

If opposition to genocide isn't a cause worthy of disruption, then what is?

joyinme.bsky.social•4 days ago

Interesting, so you are saying the peaceful protest weren’t reaching enough people, and using violent tactics/physical altercations are required to get the necessary publicity/change?

thevgmlover.bsky.social•3 days ago

... Yes. 😐

I don't wanna say what I would do if I got, what, TWENTY credits revoked because I spoke up against an active and VERY PUBLIC ethnic cleansing.

organicgirl67.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's amazing how fast fascism takes hold.

nudsy.bsky.social•3 days ago

Just like the last time.

11lexie.bsky.social•3 days ago

revoking degrees is an appalling thing to do.

lamstandley.bsky.social•4 days ago

I didn't realize that credited were weighted on the condition of support for a genocidal settler-colony on another continent.

marauder.bsky.social•4 days ago

Isn’t that grounds for a tuition refund

g0llysmut.bsky.social•4 days ago

Prospective students will see this and, if they know what's good for them, steer clear of this fascist institution. Ultimately I hope we will see it go away!