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Don't back student protestors into a corner, former college president says

Student protesters gather in protest inside their encampment on the Columbia University campus. (Stefan Jeremiah/AP)
Student protesters gather in protest inside their encampment on the Columbia University campus. (Stefan Jeremiah/AP)

Here & Now host Robin Young speaks with law professor and former Brandeis University president Frederick Lawrence about what college presidents are getting right and what they’re getting wrong as campus protests grow in number and intensity over Israel’s war in Gaza.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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