An important part of the story is the idea of the university as a community (ideally residential) with a transformative mission. Laurie Paul and I have written a bit about this. In this model, if students are going to protest about anything, it makes sense that they would do so at the university where they live, work and socialise. At the other extreme, for students attending a commuter campus in a big city, a street march might make more sense.
With this understanding, to the extent that there is a right to protest in a democracy, the view of the university as a community implies that the leaders of the community (university managers) must make space for the exercise of that right.
I prefer not to mix claims about democracy with claims about universities if only because there are plenty of universities that are either not in democracies are themselves thoroughly lacking in democratic institutions or sensibility.
I know you and Laurie had dome some work together, but the connection to university life is new to me. Where did you do that? Or can you send: nescio2@yahoo.com
An important part of the story is the idea of the university as a community (ideally residential) with a transformative mission. Laurie Paul and I have written a bit about this. In this model, if students are going to protest about anything, it makes sense that they would do so at the university where they live, work and socialise. At the other extreme, for students attending a commuter campus in a big city, a street march might make more sense.
With this understanding, to the extent that there is a right to protest in a democracy, the view of the university as a community implies that the leaders of the community (university managers) must make space for the exercise of that right.
I prefer not to mix claims about democracy with claims about universities if only because there are plenty of universities that are either not in democracies are themselves thoroughly lacking in democratic institutions or sensibility.
I know you and Laurie had dome some work together, but the connection to university life is new to me. Where did you do that? Or can you send: nescio2@yahoo.com
Here's a link
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/edth.12444