FROM HIGHER ED DIVE: “Two dozen faculty members from Widener Library held a silent study-in to challenge the Ivy League institution’s recent discipline of similarly protesting students. The university revoked the faculty from physically accessing the flagship library until November 7. Faculty members staged the demonstration to protest Widener Library’s decision to temporarily ban a group of pro-Palestinian student activists for holding a similar study-in on Sept. 21, according to The Harvard Crimson, the university’s student newspaper. Following the students’ library suspensions, about 25 Harvard faculty members on Oct. 16 similarly sat at tables in one of Widener Library’s reading rooms. Erik Baker, a history lecturer who participated in the demonstration, told Higher Ed Dive in an email on Friday. Baker confirmed he was one of the faculty members suspended from the library. Each set out a folded piece of paper. Baker said that one side included the faculty members’ intended reading lists for that day, and the other displayed excerpts from university documents, including the library’s statement of values. One sign shared on social media read, “Reasoned dissent plays a particularly vital part in [our] existence,” quoting Harvard’s statement on rights and responsibilities.” Read more here.