University administrators contending with a wave of student protests over the war in Gaza typically have been faced with unpalatable choices. Across the country, we’ve seen colleges and universities veering between the forced removal of student encampments, at the risk of harming students, or projecting powerlessness and dysfunction. In some of the latter cases, such as at Columbia University in New York, the chaos has become disgraceful, resulting in a campus lockdown and the unacceptable outcome of conducting classes remotely for a large chunk of the academic year. So, in principle, we applaud Northwestern University for forging a written agreement...