University of Chicago slammed for withholding diplomas over encampment participation
CHICAGO -- Four University of Chicago students will walk the stage at their graduation ceremony in the Main Quad this weekend – but they will not receive diplomas. The university is withholding their degrees due to a disciplinary process, which is in action because the students 'may have been involved' in the pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Quad. On Friday, students and faculty spoke out against the university for the decision.
Sixteen Chicago alderpeople sent a letter to U of C Provost Katherine Baicker, reading in part, 'e strongly advise the University of Chicago to reconsider this ultimately untenable course of action.' The letter claimed the students' degrees were being withheld 'without appropriate process or adequate bases in evidence' and in contradiction to the U of C's own values regarding free speech.
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