On Facebook, a description of the event, speaks of "students beaten, strangled, having teeth punched out, dragged across roads, and violently bundled into vans".
They spoke of students needing to engage with and be willing to be part of a developmental process, in addition to "having" knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes, which were seen as products or final outcomes of a competent student.
Dr. Klawe and others speak of "converting" female students to computer science.
Columbia administrators drew sharp criticism last month for inviting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, to speak to students of international relations.
He spoke of his students, not the turmoil around him.
Paul speaks of "American students, a quarter of whom fail to graduate from high school".
She speaks of her students and employees as an endangered species, on the verge of extinction.
A Burmese journalist, speaking of the students, told me, "The American Center opened their eyes".
Digital textbooks are "the beginning of the end for the college bookstore, because they don't need us," said Mr. Lindo, speaking of the students.
He is eager to impart big ideas and big emotions, and speaks of his students as fellow grapplers with literary mysteries.
