In a special episode, Fred Lawrence, secretary and CEO of Phi Beta Kappa, returns to dotEDU to help explain how tensions between free speech and campus safety can lead to the unrest happening at some campuses in response to the war in Gaza. He also addresses how campus communities of different viewpoints can and should move forward to address conflicts before crises start.

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Here are some of the links and references from this week’s show:

How Campus Protests of the Past May Inform Pro-Palestinian Student Demonstrations  ABC News | May 6, 2024  

Negotiate? Call in the Police? University Presidents Try Range of Tactics as Protests Roil Campuses  The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | May 1, 2024 

How Student Protests Are Changing College Graduations  NPR | May 7, 2024