So go ahead and quit. The School will be seeing patients with emergent, urgent and elective conditions, although it will be prioritizing those patients with the most urgent needs. Students can find additional information in the Undergraduate Student Guide and Graduate & Professional Student Guide. Online classes are not the same, but you can only get out of them what you put into them. In the latter case, the entirety of humanity is in danger. ... the university said it plans to have a combination of remote and in-person courses in fall 2020. Students, too, will be in masks and distanced as far apart as possible, making it hard to speak up or for the teacher to gauge understanding. The oceanfront campus is minutes from downtown Boston and nationally recognized as a student-centered urban public research university. Lecturers make about 60k. So let’s stop wringing our hands about something we can’t change and start engaging on something we can. Open your eyes. Staff, students, and faculty whose work requires them to be physically present, like those at the School of Dental Medicine, will be safer as well if others are not forced to return to in person classrooms unnecessarily. We have less than two months left to prepare for the fall semester. The concern, of course, is that if BU does decide to go fully online, then as per the new ICE and SEVP ruling, a lot of international students would lose their visa status. Yes I’m scared of Covid, but I’m also scared for the people that depend on me to teach classes for thier jobs as well. College instruction will be suboptimal, no matter the mode of delivery. Listen to your concerned staff with families and elders. And yes, our jobs are also at risk. Congratulations to the Jury Prize winners Ashley Villard and Kevin “Ali” Mehdizadeh, h an Honorable Mention to Alexandria Mercado, all three are vocalists. I don’t relish making this point because in many ways we needed some privilege to get to where we are – we are not people who have been left behind by the academic system. More generally, reopening campus this fall is a mistake, both from a public health and a pedagogical standpoint. They rarely, however, tackle the problem in full. In addition, you claiming grocery store workers going back to work is not something to be proud of. boston university fall 2020 courses provides a comprehensive and comprehensive pathway for students to see progress after the end of each module. How many times has your Zoom meeting been interrupted by someone forgetting they aren’t muted when a crisis goes down in their household? Where I come from, mental health care is inaccessible, as people there do not believe in mental health. Meanwhile, you want me to keep taking that loan and mortgage so you can play with your cat at home. 1. At BU, Sarabeth Buckley (GRS’20), who just earned a PhD from the Department of Earth & Environment, recently measured carbon dioxide concentrations in College of Arts & Sciences classrooms and found that they can reach three to eight times the normal levels when class is in session, indicating poor ventilation. You have the endowment funds. Fall 2020 Update Teaching faculty (including grad students who teach) have constant contact not only with students but with colleagues on committees, in working groups, in seminars, in mentorships, and on other teams within and across departments and programs. I will have to disagree with the opinion expressed in this article. Offer a select few classes in person for that purpose. Moderators are staffed during regular business hours (EST) and can only accept comments written in English. Sometimes healthcare in our nations is so bad that we benefit from being students in the US by going to better hospitals. This is why Learn from Anywhere is such a brilliant idea. tanglewd@bu.edu bu.edu/tanglewood 617.353.3386 @bu_tanglewood @BUTanglewoodInstitute Boston University Tanglewood Institute Photography courtesy Stratton McCrady, John Ferrillo, and Steve Rosenthal. What happens if students show up to class without a mask? Take the challenge and learn! BU is setting the best example of leadership and compromise during this hard times, I have no words to describe how proud and thankful I feel to be part of BU, at least they are trying. How is this all going to be handled. You answer emails and get paid for it. This article is naive, at best, and selfish, at worst. In person, online classes or a mix: Colleges' fall 2020 coronavirus reopening plans, detailed. When everyone comes back there will be an outbreak definitely. Then, imagine that someone in the classroom tests positive. People getting paid a salary which would be the envy of literally billions of people to get a free world class education, while being protected by a system of testing and contact tracing, that is better than most frontline workers have , are going to battle for more privileges. The entire point of social distancing has been to minimize the risk to those who cannot do their work remotely by asking those who can to stay home. If the premise is that only those “with difficulties” stay away from campus, then there is pressure on every student, every faculty member and every staff member to return to campus. Consider the ethics of that. Same kid we have to take a loan and a mortgage for to may your salaries. During the time it took an asymptomatic infected person to have dinner with friends, they infected half of the people sitting at their table and 75 percent of the people at a downwind table. It would be far safer for students, staff, and faculty to remain at home and reduce the risk of disease spread. But whatever happens, there will ALWAYS be students who are accessing the course online, and thus there will be all the problems you mentioned. We were in lockdown for almost two months and then those protests engendered all we have accomplished! I feel like we will probably be putting others like custodial staff MORE at risk by doing this, as well as all the other folks we will encounter on public transport. Small businesses are suffering terribly. Boston University is planning both in-person and remote coursework for the fall semester, according to their website. Teach 3 hours a week, take home $90 a week. In fact, BU is already trying to plug a $264 million hole by canceling employer retirement contributions and issuing furlough and layoff notices to 250 employees (out of ~10,300 employees). ), This scenario is not merely hypothetical. Elinor Aspegren and Samuel Zwickel. But again, we cannot forget that we are in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic—no part of living is ideal during this time. And with that major loss of tuition, even more staff will lose their jobs. Undergrads, including those from fall 2020, must schedule their return to BU housing for spring 2021. Boston College joins a small list of higher education institutions who plan to hold in-person classes in the fall. There are clear ethical reasons why forcing faculty and graduate students back is wrong. Also – LIFE and wellbeing matter more than degrees and timelines and visas, at the end of the day. 82. I cannot go back. We want SAFTY! Your anger seems entirely displaced. There are two irrational approaches to the issue today: 1. one takes the pandemic too seriously and and does so occasionally 2. one does not take the pandemic seriously enough. Students may not be in the age group most likely to die from the virus, but new data is emerging about the potential for long-term continuing health consequences after even mild cases of the virus (respiratory, pulmonary, neurological). Dear JFP, BU administration made a rushed decision not backed by sound scientific data. Remind me how many hours a week you actually teach? So maybe a hybrid mode is for the best. It is time the for administration to take the health of the community into consideration and listen to the experts. Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.The university is nonsectarian but maintains its historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. So we’re left with the same problem, with perhaps only a smaller sample – 50% of the population may remain at risk. Your work as a teaching fellow or researcher is also presumably doing what you love, if not a phd was a bad choice. Less than 1 % of the population has the virus, less than 1 % of those under the age of 65 succumb, and those who do typically have underlying health conditions. I am a graduate student, and before I go anywhere that might increase my risk of infection, I think about the grocery store workers, the hospital workers, and every other person who my infection would put in danger. These difficult times have not decreased their desire to connect with their students, support their learning, help them, and also learn with and from them. Can Biden Learn Anything from Trump about How Presidents Use Social Media? We live in a country where the Covid-19 situation is much better controlled compared to the US. What I’ve read is there will be testing, contact tracing, required PPE, daily health reporting, support to quarantine, ventilation audits, reduced class size, Increased cleaning, fewer students on campus, flexibility for faculty, etc. If you would like more detailed info on the test we are using please email me. You will be redirected to the University of Massachusetts' Registration Shopping Cart when you click on a link below. So who gets fired so you don’t have to do lfa if there is less revenue from tuition? Yes, I could not agree that part of the college life is all about socializing and partying, but we all need to think what significance it will bring to people around as this will destroy all efforts put in by BU to prevent/stop COVID19 situation happening on campus. Some people have this virus and do not know it. I am careful. There could be 50% of professors who don’t mind or even prefer to teach in person. Boston University closed its campus on March 22. Most of the classroom participation in my class will have to be through digital tools, because students in a large class can’t talk in small groups while distanced. If this means sacrificing the residential college experience for another semester or two, so be it. No one wants to university to close, but the vast majority of classes can be done equally well online. You do ‘your own research’ and expect me to pay for that too!! Classes begin for the fall 2020 semester. This is a great idea, but is not what BU is proposing. I commend the BU administration for developing the LfA approach. The professor, whether they are in person or online, is doing their best to give you an education. This group is for students who have been admitted to the Boston University Questrom School of Business Online MBA Program for the Fall 2020 entry term. The resumption of in-person patient care marked the first day that students and residents were seeing patients in the School’s brand new patient treatment spaces, which were completed in late February just prior to the shutdown. I suspect you already know this and want to obscure the true issues at hand (this you? This saving of personal privileges must be exactly what bank execs must have been talking about when their banks were failing while they vexed about why their bonuses were so important. Boston University will give its more than 18,000 undergraduate students the choice of in-person and online classes when it reopens the campus this fall. Each have their own reasoning. Northwood University Wins Fall 2020 Rocket League Championships Podcast Feed More From CheckpointXP On Campus Over the course of the season, Northwood University and Akron University were the best two College Rocket League teams in the country. We are being called on to think outside the box of our fears and habitual ways of doing things. It listed many hardship of instructors, which likely make the LfA model unfeaisible. Probably the most tone deaf and inconsiderate and cruel thing I have read recently. The six-foot rule does not apply inside: As Bromage states, “Social distancing guidelines don’t hold in indoor spaces where you spend a lot of time.”. And it would be criminal to pay brick and mortar salary and perks to faculty and PhD students. Well said!!! There is a BIG difference between opening the campus to create a home for international students and those who may not have another place to live, and encouraging students to return to school in an attempt to “maintain the residential university experience”. As a parent of a freshman, I want to say BU has done an exceptional job trying to navigate these times and take all matters and issues into account. You have brought up so many good points that have been on my mind. There’s no need for many of us to conduct on-site experiments and stuff yet we are forced to risk our live just to change the location of using our computers. Even if we were to get an effective vaccine in record time of 12-18 months (and we don’t have one for any other Coronavirus! As immunologist Erin Bromage explains, a COVID-19 infection occurs when you are exposed to enough viral particles. Getty. I will like to suggest that instead of complaining about the decision made by the BU leadership, the professors and PhD students should step up to come up with a workable Teach from Anywhere solution that meets the need of Learn from Anywhere. The mission of BU is to meet these training and educational needs. Their views merit attention and offer important points, but they’re also myopic, awash in moral superiority, underestimate the length of time that concessions will be made, and hide the fuller picture. But, again, no mention is made of the financial consequences for an institution like BU when it goes fully online, consequences that would see a drastic spike in the number of layoffs as BU deviates from its mission and business model. Visit Back2BU for the latest updates and information on BU's response to COVID-19. I’m not worried about the 2+ hours in the classroom, any more than I am worried about my interactions with people behind plexiglass shields in the grocery store or the post office. Do not assume that we are living plush, cushy lives. Boston University on Thursday revealed key portions of a plan that would allow students to return to campus in the fall amid the coronavirus.. Hundreds at BU are already losing their jobs, how many more will lose their jobs if students don’t come back as is expected if we were online only? How would (and could) BU protect people and the whole Boston area from large-scale infection because of commute (and even just unavoidable contact in the hallway)? Some of the classrooms which we are assigned to (as noted in comments above) would allow only 3-5 students to be in the room with an instructor at one time–and those rooms are also not well-ventilated or safe for students or instructors. Students are feeling the pressure. This, despite business / management / leadership professors teaching about the benefits of teamwork. When those outside of academia complain about the ivory tower this is the kind of thing they mean. But even if it is 1/7 of Mass’s positive rate, that means, on average, every week there is one students tested false positive. Registration for Fall 2020 is closed. I hope BU comes up with something better before the due date on student accounts before Fall semester. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/11/metro/faculty-grow-uneasy-universities-scramble-bring-students-back-campus/, https://dailyfreepress.com/2020/06/15/bu-community-petitions-to-make-fall-in-person-teaching-optional-for-professors/. Sick and tired of people misrepresenting online learning as a sufficient alternative. The life of the mind is a gift; and for that we are grateful. For my son, whom has been taking online classes since he left in March and has been in his room for an unhealthy amount of time, isolated from peers, professors as well as the overall experience and academic culture, he can hardly wait to get to back. Many international students are from countries who have not been able to control the pandemic. OK, you are smart, we may you $30/hr. 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And no mention is made of how those employees will survive outside the classroom. If a student gets sick then what? This article is courageous and spot on. For 3+ months. There is no guarantee lawsuits against ICE result in our favor. Boston University appears to be the first American college or university to announce that it … Replies to: BOSTON UNIVERSITY TRANSFER FALL 2020 #321. daynamarie101 62 replies 0 threads Junior Member. First, I, and many other rational people, doubt that protests (large gathering of people without social distancing and masks, like the picture you shared with us [thank you]) has nothing to do with spike in corona cases. McMaster University says 2020 fall semester will be online. Students can find additional information in the Undergraduate Student Guide and Graduate & Professional Student Guide. Education is a privilege, but it became that way due to the high cost associated with higher learning, and that does not have to be the case anymore. Doesn’t it add a pressure to students to put their health at risk? Instead of fighting for the right to teach from anywhere, as teachers have been doing for the past month, this summer would be better spent properly developing courses for online delivery. Some students who are accepted to Harvard, MIT and BU may actually choose BU this Fall. Go home. If there are none, then why there are two options? I agree that no educational campus should open for in-person operations until a vaccine is developed. Newsflash, PhD students are not the downtrodden class, you are the privileged elites. 4) International students know perfectly how difficult it is to renew visas and get admitted at airports; BU should put its international students in such situations again: the safety of ALL BU COMMUNITY MATTERS. This situation could happen at any moment. Let’s also not forget about false-negatives—or the cases the test misses. BU’s plan is not perfect and still needs to be improved. And should we go 100% online what happens to all the service workers and staff at BU who will no longer be needed? I’m sorry this is happening. Indeed, if it covers even 50% of the population, it would be considered a big win. BU Today reserves the right to reject or edit submissions. If student, faculty, and staff safety is paramount, then BU must primarily shift to online instruction and work. Boy, o boy. In the corporate world, management will tell employees who are unhappy and prefer the “greener pastures” over at the competitors to go ahead, quit and join the competitors. Boston University (BU) ... #2 Submitted by We Vote Joe 2020 on April 25, 2020 - 5:54am . It certainly is not for performing arts which my daughter is majoring in or a major that includes any type of lab work or international students to name a few examples. Don’t want to sound mean, but here is my point: If life has given you a good break (and if you are a professor or PHD you got the greatest break of all), then be thankful. However, I fear (I even doubt to myself if I do return to Boston) members will be able to do this. Teachers can’t or don’t really get to look at their students’ body language to gauge how they are feeling. Abusive, profane, self-promotional, misleading, incoherent or off-topic comments will be rejected. The rest of the world faces a different choice, figure out how to work during a pandemic or starve. I agree with the article but I am also concerned for international students like me. Without a visa, we risk deportation. 1% of 5,000 is 50 (not 500 that was in the article ). The process BU is standing up is a sound one and Boston and the state of Massachusetts are doing a fabulous job of keeping the curve flat. There is always a middle way. It would appear that only those who teach in the humanities can get away with arguing that they should be allowed to work from home indefinitely while the rest of the world returns to work. For international students, we can follow the lead of Harvard and MIT. This article mentions the problems with 50 minute classes. Not all shine and care about being socially responsible as much as I love this age. Can they work with the other 50% of professors who prefer to teach online to figure out how to jointly deliver the best Learn from Anywhere experience? (By the way, why are you getting paid to be a PhD student?). Elinor Aspegren and Samuel Zwickel. 18 December, 2020 at 8:58 AM. All rights reserved. Faculty at Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which … Although 1 false positive per week seems scary, we need to also note, with this rate (which is an assumption), about 100 people will be tested positive every week, enough to disturb the entire learning experience on campus. That’s why many faculty have signed the joint-union petition in support of staff. Adjuncts make about 7500 per class at bu, considerably less elsewhere. In this instance, no mention is made of the financial consequences for an institution like BU (mission, size, business model) to go online. Just because people have a PhD doesn’t mean they are privileged!!!!! Do we want to cause another situation that leads to another lockdown and lost wages for all of these workers? Instead of using the ICE student ban to justify a plan that endangers lives, however, I believe that BU should instead focus on fighting this inhumane policy, as Harvard and MIT are doing. Presently, there are 19 states on the travel advisory list, with probably 3 more being added by next week. Their brain development is still ongoing until age 25. Currently the positive test result is about 1/2 of all test result of all test result in the U.S. (1point3arc), and 1/50 in MA (mass.org, notice Mass recommends testing for mildly symptomatic individuals). I study at night for “my own” sometimes even research papers, do not expect to be paid for that. Your ethical argument seems only to apply to people with PhDs or who are on a path to obtain a PhD. But I fear we will have to get everyone in Boston to follow procedures made by us to actually get this efficiently working. Are his parents allowed to visit him? However, with the current ICE student ban, it is important to have this in-person component to allow international students to maintain their student visa (it is extremely troublesome and expensive to get a visa re-issued). The following is a hypothetical narrative by a fictional character named Izzy, going through her day at “Corona College” in what could well be a non-fictional scenario. We can bring our own masks but plexiglass barriers should not be the responsibility of the instructor. To say that I am concerned about this would be a masterly understatement !!! IF YOU CAN PROTEST THEN YOU CAN ALSO GO TO SCHOOL! Why not? Published Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:09AM EDT Some Canadian universities say classes this fall will be offered primarily online as uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Until ICE amends their policies and allows international students to study from home and abroad with no penalty on their visa status, I would say that minimal in-person operations should be in place. Does he get sent home? 2) There is no guarantee that lawsuits results in our favor, and we should not put the fate of our international students in the hand of a couple of judges and ICE. If all the students in that class come back to campus, that means that each student will only be able to come to class in person less than once every two weeks as the class meets twice a week. 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