Some college professors are pushing back on returning to campus for in-person teaching. “I love my students, I love what I teach, and yet this fall I am anticipating this semester with a good bit of dread,” a lecturer at Boston University said.
Star and Powell said the university did not respond to their letter nor their petition but eventually offered faculty members the option to request a “Professors were given a small window to make the case for medical exemptions, but it wasn’t enough time, Powell said.
“It would be nice to see BU taking the moral ground and defending their people and faculty,” Star said. At the University of Notre Dame, both faculty and students are required to return to campus this fall. Faculty and staff may receive an exemption if they qualify for a “” by falling in one of the CDC high-risk categories. To apply, they must submit their medical information to the school.
At Georgia Tech, professors who are 65 and older or have qualifying medical conditions may request alternate work arrangements. “Instructors should not be forced to teach in person, and the choice to teach remotely should not require anyone to disclose their personal health information,” she said.demanding to make remote teaching the default teaching mode for the fall term.wrote on its websiteCornell University is taking a different approach, conducting a survey among faculty to see who would be comfortable teaching on campus as well as offering them the option to teach remotely.
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