The police have regularly been called in to squelch student protests over the past century.
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An expert on the Columbia University protests of 1968 draws parallels between protests then and the ones taking place there in 2024.
Students of color report negative encounters with campus police.
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Arrest of student who got in dispute with professor raises questions about the role of campus police.
Campus police have been accused of biased practices.
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As college students seek reform of campus police, a scholar outlines five issues that warrant the most attention.
Racial minorities face profiling on campus.
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An incident in which a Smith College employee called police on a black student who ‘seemed out of place’ is just the latest in a string of cases of racial ‘profiling by proxy,’ three scholars argue.
Why are there so many escalations with the police on campus?
Paul A. Hernandez
Routine interrogations between police officers and students have escalated into physical conflicts. Why do such escalations occur?
And what are universities doing about it?
Wolfram Burner
Do university and college websites give students enough information about how to prevent and respond to sexual assaults on campus? Here’s a reality check.
It was only in the seventies that campus police came to be formally recognized.
C Holmes
Campus police have been in existence for only about 40 years or so. But they are taking on an ever bigger role.