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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

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Sophia Flissler / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: No revolution to be found in BU’s updated Work from Home policies

Editors December 9, 2021
A recent BU Today piece praising BU’s remote work policy ignores the ways BU's work population remains unprotected.
Samuel Shupe, a former Boston University lecturer, posted an essay on Reddit last week detailing his frustration with BU’s failure to pay faculty members a living wage. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Former BU lecturer posts essay criticizing University’s unlivable wages

Madhri Yehiya January 25, 2021
In the post titled “BU’s Poor Treatment of Faculty (and Students),” Shupe describes how he was forced to quit his job teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Writing Program due to inadequate pay. Shupe taught at the University for seven years and received his Ph.D. from BU in 2019.
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