Academe Today: Campus protests are coming back. Students and administrators are digging in.

The idea fueling the protest movement; what the Columbia president's departure says about gender and leadership; "credentials of value"; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Academe Today Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. CAMPUS ACTIVISM [Campus Protests Are Coming Back. Students and Administrators Are Digging In.]( By Kate Hidalgo Bellows [STORY IMAGE]( Pro-Palestinian student activists plan to meet colleges’ enhanced restrictions on free expression with an equal and opposite force. ADVERTISEMENT [Campus Protests Are Coming Back. Students and Administrators Are Digging In.]( 'ON SETTLER COLONIALISM' [The Idea Fueling the Student Protest Movement]( By Evan Goldstein [STORY IMAGE]( Are colleges facing — and facilitating — an intellectual crisis? LEADERSHIP [A Year Ago, Women Were the Majority Among Ivy League Presidents. 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