Vanderbilt University faculty calling on administration to reconsider campus reopening plan

Professors are also worried about the administration’s decision to house up to 6,000 undergraduates on campus. Source: Vanderbilt University faculty calling on administration to reconsider campus reopening plan

Vanderbilt AAUP Statement on ICE International Student Policy

July 10, 2020 On July 6, 2020, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that international students taking a full online course load will not be issued visas or, if they are currently in the US, will face deportation. The Vanderbilt University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) chapter denounces this policy.

Vanderbilt Instructors Call for University Administration to Rethink Campus Reopening

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2020 Vanderbilt Instructors Call for University Administration to Rethink Campus Reopening Contact: AAUP media liaison, 615-933-3669, vanderbiltaaup@gmail.com Nashville, Tennessee. More than 400 Vanderbilt faculty, graduate student instructors, and other community members have signed a petition (https://bit.ly/vufall2020 ) calling for default online teaching for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. Faculty