{"id":1415,"date":"2025-04-25T12:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2025-04-28T14:41:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T14:41:20","slug":"professors-call-for-sanctuary-campus-with-off-site-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/professors-call-for-sanctuary-campus-with-off-site-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Professors call for sanctuary campus with off-site classes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over the past week, more than 50 professors moved their classes to churches, museums and online as part of a demonstration demanding that NYU increase its protections for international students and declare itself a sanctuary campus in the wake of a national crackdown on student visas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The protest, called \u201cSanctuary Picket,\u201d came after NYU administrators did not respond to two petitions urging the university to declare itself a sanctuary campus \u2014 meaning that it would never voluntarily share personally identifying information with immigration authorities. The premise of the demonstration was that if faculty moved from their regular classrooms to sanctuary spaces, noncitizen students would have stronger protections and be made aware of safe spots throughout the city.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt connects us to a very long history of people in New York City who\u2019ve been doing this work to protect migrant, noncitizen and international communities against unlawful deportation,\u201d a CAS professor, who requested to remain anonymous due to safety concerns, told WSN. \u201cIt was a very important learning experience for students, and it provided an opportunity to connect us to organizations outside of the university that have strategies and resources for this kind of situation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

NYU spokesperson John Beckman said in a statement to WSN that while the university is aware of community members\u2019 concerns regarding the onslaught of student visa revocations, it is still mandating compliance with the faculty handbook, where members are \u201cduty-bound to meet all their assigned classes at the place and hour scheduled.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNYU is deeply concerned about the well-being of its international students and scholars, and that is why we have been communicating with them and offering support, in many small group settings across the university through our Global Support Teams, and individually,\u201d Beckman said.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also reiterated that Campus Safety officers <\/span>will only permit law enforcement officials<\/span><\/a> \u2014 such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Department of Homeland Security officers \u2014 into the building if they have a search warrant or subpoena. Beckman added that NYU will not provide personal information of an NYU member unless legally required to do so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The CAS professor said that the university sent professors an email denouncing their action and held a meeting Friday with faculty to further discuss the issue. They said that at the meeting, faculty pushed the university to delete disciplinary conduct records \u2014 claiming that they had been used to wrongfully accuse students of engaging in violence \u2014 and personal information from sites such as Brightspace and NYU Engage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She added that while NYU shares its protocols publicly, other universities have been more actively promoting them \u2014 such as posting \u201cKnow Your Rights\u201d flyers around campus and on school social media accounts. Administrators have sent four universitywide emails regarding immigration since President Donald Trump took office, and more recently <\/span>hosted a series of school-specific conferences<\/span><\/a> about initiatives against federal crackdowns.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNYU poured considerable resources into posters telling people to be polite. Where are the \u2018Know Your Rights\u2019 posters in every department and stickers in classrooms telling us who to call and what to do if a federal agent arrives at the door?\u201d the CAS professor said. \u201cThis glaring absence is also one of the reasons we \u2014 faculty, students and staff \u2014 naturally feel that we must inform ourselves on how to respond to ICE, protect each other and create sanctuary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The term \u201csanctuary campus\u201d was initially popularized after the Trump administration dismantled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in 2017. At the time, several universities \u2014 including the <\/span>University of Pennsylvania<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Portland State University<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Reed College<\/span><\/a> \u2014 declared themselves sanctuary campuses. Then-NYU President Andrew Hamilton <\/span>issued a letter<\/span><\/a> stating that he did not believe it was an effective approach.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

An LS sophomore, who requested to remain anonymous, said that the sanctuary picket taught her more about immigration history in the city \u2014 something that she said she wouldn\u2019t have gotten in regular classrooms. Another CAS junior, who requested to remain anonymous, agreed and said that it\u2019s a great way for professors to pressure the university to bolster its support for international students without disrupting students\u2019 learning experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt like there was a lot of solidarity in the room,\u201d the CAS junior said in an interview with WSN. \u201cThe university\u2019s response has been weak \u2014 there hasn\u2019t been a strong stance. There should be confirmation by the university that they can do everything to protect their students, so it\u2019s been disheartening.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact Amanda Chen at achen@nyunews.com.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

This story Professors call for sanctuary campus with off-site classes<\/a> appeared first on Washington Square News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the past week, more than 50 professors moved their classes to churches, museums and online as part of a demonstration demanding that NYU increase its protections for international students and declare itself a sanctuary campus in the wake of a national crackdown on student visas.\u00a0 The protest, called \u201cSanctuary Picket,\u201d came after NYU administrators […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1418,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions\/1418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}