Overview
Write a essay that answers the following questions:
How are college administrators responding to student protests in support of Palestine?
What do the protests reveal about universities as social movement targets?
- In your view, how should administrators act in response to these protests? What is the best way to ensure safety, allow the university to function, and please key constituencies (like alumni and donors)?
- Use information from the following articles to write your essay, You do not need to provide citations or a reference list.There are no specific formatting requirements for this essay, other that to write in clear, well-organized paragraphs. Your grade will be determined by (1) correct use of information from the sources provided and (2) correct use of concepts from class to analyze this information.
- Applicable concepts may include:
Repertoire of collective action
Repression
Frame
Institutionalization
Capacity to respond
- Vulnerability to delegitimation