Podcast: Ombuds Reviews Options for Working with Campus Protesters
Law and politics researcher İdil Elveriş has another podcast with an Ombuds for her podcast ,"We can Find a Way" (Anlaşabiliriz). This time, she interviews Tom Kosakowski, a University Ombuds and publisher of this blog. He talks about whether and how Ombuds can work with students engaged in protests over the war in Gaza that have been sweeping campuses in the U.S.
Here's the summary:
The war in Gaza led to many student protests in university campuses in the US and beyond. Many universities that were involved in the protests had ombudspersons for handling conflict in campuses. Yet, we did not see them getting involved and helping stakeholders. In this episode, we discussed the reasons for that; and whether ombudspersons really cannot do anything about these protests; what issues they were talking about among themselves in order to find entry points to handle the situation.
This podcast is certainly worth a listen or two! So timely given questions I've been asked in preparation for a meeting next week. I've sent it along with other prep materials. Yes, I'm holding my breath for November..... Thank you, Tom!
This podcast is certainly worth a listen or two! So timely given questions I've been asked in preparation for a meeting next week. I've sent it along with other prep materials. Yes, I'm holding my breath for November..... Thank you, Tom!
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