Check out the online bibliography for a sense of the bigger picture. Soon the full bibliography will be loaded into CRInfo, making it searchable. In Search of Community. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press. Negotiation, Not Violence, Is the Rule Today When Students Clash With Administrators.
News article examines trends in administrators' response to student protest.
In the 20 years since the bloody confrontations at Jackson State College and Kent State University, college presidents are said to have become more likely to meet student protesters at the negotiating table than to call in the police. Although many administrators interviewed say they try hard to negotiate with students, they will call in the police if they feel the protesters have become too disruptive. But in contrast to the protests of the 60's, student activism is now marked by civility. Rules are spelled out far in advance of protests to limit surprises and possible violence. For example, at the University of California at Berkeley, students planning a protest may even practice getting arrested by campus police.