Voting on issues raised in campus conversations is nothing new at Brown University. Still, the substance of an upcoming vote about divesting “all companies enabling and profiting from the genocide in Gaza and the broader Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory” prompted one board member to resign, calling the vote “morally reprehensible.” Read more from Higher Ed Dive.
NEWS BRIEFS: Brown’s Scheduled Divestment Vote Raises Questions, Causes Pushback
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