The resignation of the University of Pennsylvania's president following her testimony over how to handle calls for the genocide of Jews pointed out the tightrope school leaders are walking as students protest the war in Gaza - and fueled instant debate over how far colleges can go to restrict speech.
Republican lawmakers, who have argued in recent years that the most prestigious schools are also the most out-of-touch, were especially eager to paint universities as hotbeds of angry leftist rhetoric where liberal ideologies are tolerated, while conservative viewpoints are shut down.
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