Welcome to Questrom School of Business! So far we have not been told that we will be provided with masks and plexiglass barriers. Fully online and fully offline models will not work. You can do this. Everyone needs to understand how strict health guidelines affect their daily life on campus before going back. Thanks for providing us this evidence. But unfortunately there is an error with the following information: Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. international students or those who can’t live at home for other reasons, students with financial need), and at the very least it should be up to the individual instructor whether they want to teach online. My son does. Full online, partial online, online only if you are quarantined…none of these are “learning as normal”. Boston University on Thursday revealed key portions of a plan that would allow students to return to campus in the fall amid the coronavirus.. It saddens me that essential workers in our community feel so alienated from university instructors. We want the same things they want – dignified and safe working conditions. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/09/intellectuals-for-trump), but there has been no detectable spike in COVID-19 infections due to Black Lives Matter protests. The views expressed are solely those of the author and are not intended to represent the views of Boston University. Everyone in the world have adjusted to strict health guidelines, except maybe those in some parts of the US. When will BU professors realise and accept this? It’s not the same, nor is the education. They too have had to absorb many costs as a result of the pandemic as well. 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BU is essentially a private ‘profit generating’ business, even if all profits are re-invested. I will have to disagree with the opinion expressed in this article. — UMass students who will attend college remotely come fall will not be granted on-campus housing, the university chancellor announced Thursday. 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! There is always a middle way. 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. Not sure, if anyone has answers for my questions: 1) How is Boston University going to take care of students getting infected by COVID-19? 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. But until we have a vaccine or cure for COVID-19, that day cannot come. I would hope so. That’s WITHOUT college students coming together from all over the country/world. Thank you for this piece. Update on Fall 2020 Reopening Plans. A lot of the students’ knee-jerk reaction to bad online learning was because of the rapid, unsupported transition to online learning last spring. The rest of the world faces a different choice, figure out how to work during a pandemic or starve. By the hour. 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. Students can find additional information in the Undergraduate Student Guide and Graduate & Professional Student Guide. Go home. The media has scared us all into thinking this is the apocalypse- its clearly a serious health situation, but hyperfocusing on this virus without considering the effects of doing so- mental health conditions, economic stress and impact on health, loneliness, lack of treatment for other health conditions- is as potentially more dangerous and unethical than opening up a college campus with safety precautions. You will be redirected to the University of Massachusetts' Registration Shopping Cart when you click on a link below. Dean Hutter has established a GSDM COVID-19 Compliance Working Group to evaluate and provide recommendations for progression from one phase to the next phase of capacity. Visit Back2BU for the latest updates and information on BU's response to COVID-19. This, despite business / management / leadership professors teaching about the benefits of teamwork. IF ASKING FACULTY TO RETURN TO SCHOOL IS UNETHICAL, SO IS CRATING A SITUATION WHICH RESULTS IN DEPORTING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TO THEIR SERIOUSLY-AFFECTED-BY-COVID-19 COUNTRIES! 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. The goal here is to get through the next 3-6 months with minimal human suffering. Yes, it is a privilege to be able to work from home—one that should not be squandered by needless trips to the bar or crowded beaches or large gatherings. That is how it works for me. Or maybe this applies to universities as well… welcome to the real world. Professors are in much more danger than us from COVID19 as I have seen far more people die from the virus. Harvard University will continue with mostly online classes for undergraduates when campus reopens this fall. You sound like someone who doesn’t support free college just because they had to pay for theirs. The professor, whether they are in person or online, is doing their best to give you an education. As a health provider who is part of the BU Community, the plan for in-person classes being held doesn’t make me feel any safer about going to work. But given BU seems to have mandatory testing for non-symptematic individuals, the positive rate is going to be much lower than MA. For 3+ months. Doesn’t it add a pressure to students to put their health at risk? You want to provide online only education, undergrads who pay tuition don’t. 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? Let’s move the conversation from “come back to campus” to “we’re here if you need us, but we’d encourage you to stay home if you can”. PhD at BU cannot simply walk away from their TFships if they’re not happy with their working conditions. Some want to work or choose to work, yes, but that does not negate from the dangers of the job, or the fact that their workplace and government can not provide them livable benefits if they chose their health over restocking shelves for the good of their community. This is a great idea, but is not what BU is proposing. 5) As I am aware of “optional” in-person classes for students. What it really indicates is that through precautionary actions—such as stay-at-home orders—we’ve avoided overwhelming our healthcare system, so far. Registration for Fall 2020 is closed. 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. Unlike staff, if we are asked to take a leave of absence we do not qualify for unemployment. By: Maria Papadopoulos, Boston 25 News Updated: August 6, 2020 - 9:17 PM AMHERST, Mass. Though I appreciate BU’s recent commitment to fighting this policy, it should not be used as justification for campus reopening initiatives. McMaster University says 2020 fall semester will be online. Taking a gap year, as some have suggested, is for the privileged and not feasible for everyone; plus, the situation might be worse when you return. Same kid we have to take a loan and a mortgage for to may your salaries. They have to manage all sorts of risks in their field sites. College instruction will be suboptimal, no matter the mode of delivery. Boston University (Boston) Fall 2019 enrollment: 27,832 . I wonder if the “new” campus experience will be worth full tuition and the risk of contracting coronavirus.I wondered what college would really look like under pandemic concerns. Some Deans don’t like people working from home (which I’m sure is easy for them to say from behind the closed door of their personal office and not from the windowless cubefarm everyone else has to work in) and would rather endanger these workers and everyone else on campus by increasing the number of people having to commute to campus every day so that people can be in poorly ventilated buildings, risking their lives needlessly. 18 December, 2020 at 8:58 AM. Thank you for this article, and shame on BU for not listening to the workers who keep the university functioning. Why isn’t he stepping up to the plate, admitting there’s a problem and taking action on behalf of the citizens of the United States in a time of crisis? The majority of instruction at BU is done by non-tenured instructors–grad students, adjuncts, lecturers, etc., who are far from the top of the ivory tower, and equally worried about their jobs yet still trying to make sure that everyone is safe. I’m not saying the protests were unjust; I’m saying where were the authors and other concerned people during that time to lecture us about ethics and safety? 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. Third, regarding ICE issue:I provided arguments: 1) if the safety of faculty and students matter, it should matter for ALL of them, including international students. Students can find additional information in the … Open your eyes. He needs to stay awake from 10pm till 8am to attend the classes. I wonder what the author, and those who disagree with the BU plan, say about recent protests. How is this all going to be handled. They also create links to people/institutions outside the university/in the surrounding community and co-create and co-teach classes. I am not even a PhD student, I am an undergrad, but your argument angers me a lot. I feel they have given students options to stay home, participate online, take a leave, etc. They are putting their own lives in danger because they need to pay rent or pay for their family to eat. Worst case, you and loved ones will be dead. So, read Chua’s viewpoint and others like it closely. More than corporate heads. Your anger seems entirely displaced. You come in and I fill your bag. Without a visa, we risk deportation. Please. I’m immunocompromised myself and don’t want this at all, but I want my degree too. Actually, I usually end up PAYING, not being paid, for my ‘own work’ whether at school or home. I work in education and my school is reopening with in person classes and opening its dormitories, too. Much of this training requires laboratory work and patient contact as well as lectures. Compelling case. Dorm life guidelines are… Boston University was one of the first institutions to announce that in the “unlikely event” its students couldn't return to campus, in-person instruction would resume in 2021. Boston University is in Massachusetts. Flatten the fear and raise the rationality. Additionally, how does BU expect teachers to enforce proper mask wearing? The Chinese word for “crisis” puts together the words “risk” and “opportunity”. It is all over the Globe, etc. A graduate gets ready to pose for a picture at the empty campus of San Diego State University, after the California State University system announced the fall 2020 semester will be online… If classes are fully online, interactions will be far more natural without the barriers of physical distancing and masks and atmosphere of fear. The faux concern in this comment has no place in a discussion of the real stakes of the campus reopening addressed in this article. While yes it is a privilege to learn and discover, it requires a lot of grit and bravery to collect the kind of data that PhD students at this university obtain. Important Announcement . So I created such a place, and imagined this new world, a world on a campus called “Corona College”. Yes, that is a privilege that many other people are not afforded. It’s just going to get worse here until there’s a full remote option. 3) If international students are forced to return to their countries, they will be in a serious danger: many countries are still struggling to control the virus. But somehow its OK for me to mag your groceries. As a parent of an international student, i am concerned about the 14hour flight to Boston from where we reside.. even if the airlines take all possible measures. It looks like when you graduate from your PhD, with this mindset, it is better you remain in academia rather than venture into the corporate world where competition determines the survival of the fittest. I am totally agree with. Please don’t let BU go fully online. Boston University says students may not be allowed back on campus until January 2021. Boston’s cases are already rising. A runner passes through an arch on the campus of Boston University, in Boston, May 20, 2020. BU wishes to pretend that nothing is wrong. Picture classrooms in the fall: Teachers will be wearing full personal protective equipment (masks, face shields, gloves, gowns) and trying to simultaneously address a half-empty classroom and a video camera. So we’re left with the same problem, with perhaps only a smaller sample – 50% of the population may remain at risk. College students threatened to revolt if universities put another semester of classes online to avoid spreading the coronavirus – but that's increasingly what … 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. I worry. The School will be seeing patients with emergent, urgent and elective conditions, although it will be prioritizing those patients with the most urgent needs. In person, online classes or a mix: Colleges' fall 2020 coronavirus reopening plans, detailed. 6) What are the differences between “in-person” and “remote” classes? false positive rate is the percentage in positive test results, not the entire sample. We are being called on to think outside the box of our fears and habitual ways of doing things. Do not let this promise of masks let you feel safe either. Except, no one will pay me $30 an hour. Maybe they need to focus on the international students for now so they can be on campus that they don’t have to leave the US. We Want to Hear from You. Congratulations to the Jury Prize winners Ashley Villard and Kevin “Ali” Mehdizadeh, h an Honorable Mention to Alexandria Mercado, all three are vocalists. Because she does not have your privilege and position. Also – LIFE and wellbeing matter more than degrees and timelines and visas, at the end of the day. Flattening the curve is not a green light to reopen. If a student gets sick then what? (1) The funding model for PhD students at BU means they don’t get to decide when they do TFships or RFships: they have to do them as part of the deal for receiving their living stipend. “If this approach is adopted by BU, professors and teaching assistants in each department can decide who will go to campus to deliver the lectures and provide consultation, and who will take on the role to set and grade the exams. Together with students, we wrote a personal diary of a student on campus under the university’s strict guidelines and format. Try going to school as long as some PhD’s and then you’ll see what it really takes. Additionally, BU has taken every precaution and measure to provide thoughtful guidelines. Fall 2020. Remind me how many hours a week you actually teach? Boston University closed its campus on March 22. We care about the impacts that Covid-19 could have on campus workers, some who are our friends who we stop and chat with at work. They are switching and transferring room assignments based on this as they can’t imagine not having guests. If you are a matriculated UMass Boston student or have taken UMass Boston courses before, please use the WISER online self-service registration system. Yes, it is definitely a privilege to get to spend five years of your life learning and bettering yourself. Online only universities will see the quality of their incoming students this Fall drop significantly while BU will see an increase in the quality of their incoming students. It is indeed heartbreaking to see the sacrifices he has to put in just to attend these classes. If they bring everyone back like that there is going to be a huge outbreak. I don’t want the incredible Boston medical system overwhelmed due to the bottom dollar. 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