Standoff Grows at Gallaudet

by E Wayne Ross on October 9, 2006

Inside Higher Ed: Standoff Grows at Gallaudet

Gallaudet University students and faculty members vigorously objected to the selection of Jane K. Fernandes as the institution’s president late last spring, but their protests failed to move trustees. As student leaders left the Washington, D.C., campus for the summer, they vowed that they weren’t done fighting. Late last week, they made good on that promise, escalating their protests with a building takeover.