Inside Higher Ed: Striking Students
A hunger strike at Columbia University is nearing the end of its first week, while some students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst are planning to attend Thursday and Friday teach-ins about issues such as college cost instead of attending class. In both cases, it’s unclear if and when negotiations or meetings would provide a quick end to the actions.
Five students — two from Barnard College and three from Columbia — began fasting on Wednesday in protest of the university’s response to recent hate incidents and the university’s plans to expand into neighboring Manhattanville, among other issues. One Barnard student was hospitalized over the weekend and ended her hunger strike, but a Barnard political science professor has told his class that he would begin to fast, according to Jamie Chen, a student who is helping support the effort.
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