'I hope the union leadership will join me in urging their members to be respectful of our students and supportive of their academic progress,' he said.
during the first ever faculty strike in the public school’s history, the school’s president called out some behavior he said was detrimental to students.
“We did receive reports today of classes being disrupted by protesters,” Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway said in a statement Monday night. “In one instance, protesters actually entered a class where a critical exam was being conducted.” Holloway said he respected the protesters’ rights, but there was “no excuse for interfering with classes being taught by faculty who are choosing to continue with their jobs and meet their obligations to our students.”
“I hope the union leadership will join me in urging their members to be respectful of our students and supportive of their academic progress,” Holloway continued.The unions who voted Sunday night to strike are the
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