Dive Brief:

• Two prominent student government votes were held this week on resolutions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government voted against a resolution calling for the university’s divestment from companies accused of supporting human rights violations against Palestinians.
• Another resolution calling for divestment, by United Student Government Association at Loyola University, passed. But the government association’s president vetoed the measure.

Dive Insight:

The Israel-Palestine conflict has been making a lot of headlines on campuses lately. Insider Higher Ed reports that the Michigan resolution lost on a 25-9 vote, after a week-long sit-in by supporters. In Chicago, at Loyola, the resolution passed, 12-10, but the student president objected to what he said was the undemocratic way in which it was presented.