Harvard Faces Off With Protesters as MIT, Penn Clear Camps (3)

Harvard University again threatened suspensions for pro-Palestinian protesters if they don’t leave a campus encampment, escalating tensions in an impasse that’s left the school as one of the few elite colleges that hasn’t forcibly removed demonstrators.

The Ivy League university has so far resisted calling in the police to clear the encampment, a move that President Alan Garber has said would require a “very, very high bar.” That’s in contrast to other schools that have cracked down on protesters ahead of commencement ceremonies, a marquee event for graduating students, parents and powerful donors.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the ...