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Since Georgetown University released its plan for the on Nov. 16, undergraduates and graduate students have expressed concern that it fails to address their needs. Members of student organizations at Georgetown say they are frustrated with a wide range of policies outlined by the university administration in anticipation of another semester held virtually.

The spring semester will start Jan. 25 for students on the main campus and end on May 19. 最新蜜桃影像 200 hybrid courses will be offered for graduate students and seniors, President John DeGioia said . Most of Georgetown鈥檚 almost 20,000 students will attend classes online. DeGioia also said the school will partner with WeWork, a chain providing shared workspaces to students who no longer want to work from home but cannot return to campus.

The spring 2021 calendar has been altered to discourage students from traveling in the midst of the worsening pandemic. Instead of a 10-day spring break in March and a six-day Easter break in April, as the university offered this year, the spring 2021 semester will have one compressed break lasting nine days, from March 26 to April 5. For undergraduates, however, classes will begin Jan. 25 to provide extra time between semesters.聽

Daniella Sanchez, a student senator in the (GUSA), said students are 鈥渙utraged鈥� about the lack of breaks throughout the semester.

鈥淎fter seeing the burnout of this semester, the administration chose the least preferred option by over 500 students who took a survey,鈥� said Sanchez, who is director of COVID response for GUSA. 鈥淲e are expected to go three straight months without a break. Then, straight through to finals after spring break.鈥�

Sanchez said the administration failed to address the shortcomings of the fall semester in the spring semester plan. She also said the university has not acted to improve mental health resources despite 鈥渞epeated testimonies about the declining mental health of all students鈥� during the pandemic.

鈥淕eorgetown’s administration not only fails to communicate with students but with each other,鈥� she said.

Some graduate students feel that they have been treated unfairly compared to undergraduates. While undergraduates not living on campus have received a 10% tuition discount, graduate students have received only 5%. After disseminating surveys and meeting with the university administration, , the graduate student government at Georgetown, passed a resolution calling for the administration to provide a tuition discount equitable with that of undergraduate students as well as improved transparency in planning for the spring semester.

鈥淕radGov finds it unacceptable, but not surprising, that Georgetown is continuing to implement an inequitable tuition discount,鈥� said Henry Watson, president of GradGov in a statement emailed to 最新蜜桃影像. Watson said the difference in the tuition discount was 鈥渇or no justifiable reason.鈥�

Watson said GradGov would continue to advocate for equity on the tuition issue.

鈥淲e also look forward to more clarity and transparency on access to campus facilities and study spaces, which are of great importance to graduate and professional students. It is crucial that graduate students can safely access the campus resources they need to succeed,鈥� Watson said.

The (GAGE), a labor union of graduate student workers, is trying to protect the rights of teaching assistants by guaranteeing the right to remote employment as the worsening pandemic makes in-person teaching a serious risk.

鈥�GAGE affirms its commitment to ensuring that no graduate teaching assistant will be forced into teaching in-person,鈥� the union said in a statement provided by communications director Ellen Jacobs.

鈥淒ue to our organizing, Georgetown admin have indicated that all graduate teaching assistants will be given a choice about whether they want to teach in-person,鈥� the statement said.

GAGE said the union will continue to advocate for pay and health insurance for workers, guarantee remote teaching and research work for international graduate students abroad, and demand emergency medical leave for all graduate workers who have symptoms of COVID-19.

The union said it wants graduate work at Georgetown to become 鈥渋nclusive, accessible and equitable.鈥� The discrepancy in tuition discounts is inequitable, they said.聽

鈥淢asters students are making difficult decisions about finances and housing concerns, with insufficient support from the Georgetown administration. GAGE stands in solidarity with the Masters students doing important organizing work to demand a fair tuition discount.鈥�