Barnard president loses vote of no confidence as criticism mounts over protest response

The president of Barnard College lost a faculty-wide vote of no confidence on Tuesday, as criticism mounts over the school’s response to a pro-Palestine encampment that has sparked a national movement and beckoned the political spotlight.

About 77 percent of Barnard faculty voted in no confidence on Tuesday against President Laura Rosenbury, The Columbia Spectator reported. The Spectator said it is the first no confidence vote against a president in the college’s history.

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