Colleges are considering suspensions and expulsions for students who vandalized campuses and committed violence over the past month. These consequences are entirely appropriate—and overdue.
School officials in North Carolina are even reallocating more funds to campus safety.
What took so long? The answer may help prevent violent riots on campuses in the future.
MIT officials recently announced they were suspending “dozens” of students who forced their way back into the area of campus where students had set up encampments. School personnel had warned those encamped, then cleared the tents and set up fencing around the area, telling students not to reenter. Students proceeded to break through the fences—ignoring the warnings and destroying property.
Now, school administrators have announced sanctions are coming.
Events such as these have happened at…
