ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan Regents has a crucial public meeting scheduled for Thursday.
This is the first since the U.S. Department of Education found that U of M failed to adequately investigate complaints of antisemitism, anti-Palestinian, or anti-Muslim acts on campus.
All the complaints stem from an encampment that lasted about a month on the Diag at U of M.
Police cleared it from campus after the fire marshal said it was unsafe.
Before clearing the encampment, some students protested at Regents’ homes in the early morning hours.
Yelling, banging drums, and setting up fake corpses on their lawns. They ran when the police came. The university referred to those acts as a “Dangerous escalation.”
Universities nationwide have struggled to balance free speech rights and protect students and faculty from discrimination.
The University of Michigan has agreed with the U.S. Department of Education, saying it will conduct a climate assessment, implement additional training, and reverse policies if needed. U of M President Santa J. Ono addressed the agreement.
“We continually work to educate our community around the rights and privileges of free speech to ensure that debate does not tip over into targeted harassment or bullying,” said Ono.
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