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Mar 6, 2025 Swarthmore College placed and suspended students for pro-Palestinian protest participation Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
Institutional discipline disproportionately affecting students of color and low-income students chilled protected campus speech and assembly.
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- Swarthmore College places student on probation for protest participation — UT, a Muslim woman of color and Swarthmore College senior, was placed on probation until graduation on 6 March 2025 for violating the college's code of conduct during pro-Palestinian rallies between October 2023 and March 2024. The college provided evidence including CCTV footage of UT walking on a campus path. UT reported that surveillance disproportionately targeted students of color and first-generation, low-income students, with few white students charged.
- Swarthmore College suspends student for Palestine protest disruption — EK, a final-semester senior at Swarthmore College, was suspended for one semester in March 2025 for disrupting the college's trustees' dinner in December 2023 using a bullhorn to demand divestment from products fueling Israel's war on Gaza. A disciplinary panel found her responsible for assault and other code of conduct violations. As a first-generation, low-income student on financial aid, EK lost her school job and campus housing during the suspension, though the college later agreed to pay for off-campus housing. She remains barred from on-campus events and graduation ceremonies.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 7 – 2025-03-01–2025-03-07
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Mar 4, 2025 Trump threatened to halt federal funding for universities allowing protests and called for arrest of student activists Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
Threats tying funding to suppression of protest speech chilled expression on college campuses nationwide.
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- Trump threatens to halt federal funding for universities — On Truth Social, President Trump threatened to halt federal funding to colleges and universities that allow "illegal protests." He also called for the expulsion and arrest of student "agitators," raising concerns about academic freedom and free speech on campuses.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 7 – 2025-03-01–2025-03-07
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