Universities in the United States have faced a campus security reckoning in recent weeks as anti-Israel protesters clashed with police and disrupted school environments with encampments.

Some universities have been passive in their approach. Columbia repeatedly gave deadlines to clear encampments that demonstrators ignored and have failed to escalate countermeasures.

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