The university is home to the Chicago statement, a framework for free expression that has been embraced by other colleges.

The University of Chicago announced it was prepared to “intervene” to remove the pro-Palestine encampment from the school’s Main Quadrangle, president Paul Alivisatos said Friday, claiming student protestors have created a “systemic disruption” on campus.

University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos wrote that the protest encampment is disrupting campus and "cannot continue."

The president of the University of Chicago said on Friday that the pro-Palestinian encampment on his campus’s quad “cannot continue,” a position that was being closely watched in higher education because the university has long held itself up as a national model for free expression.