BU’s English Department is asking for student input while trying to reform its curriculum by addressing concerns about diversity of faculty, courses and literature within the department.
We should strive to prevent protests and strikes from becoming the societal norm, but the manner in which that quest will be achieved is still up in the air. Whatever that answer may be, it most definitely does not begin with performative activism on college campuses.
Boston University’s English Department will participate in the national #ScholarStrike, a movement that will pause classes Tuesday and Wednesday for instructors to teach about racism, injustice, and physical or emotional violence against people of color.
An email sent to BU faculty and staff Friday night asked them to sign a form that would confirm their understanding of and commitment to the University’s health guidelines.
A memo sent to CAS department chairs asked professors to avoid references to the ongoing pandemic and to treat LfA as the optimal learning model for BU.
In not offering instructors the free choice of remote or in-person teaching, professors say BU did not address concerns over faculty who are high-risk for contracting COVID-19.
The OneBU slate won the election for next year’s SG Executive Board and the UNITY Party secured the most Senate seats in at-large elections, according to an email to BU students sent Wednesday from Hafzat Akanni, current student body president and senior in the CAS.
