UUP: More protections needed to reopen SUNY campuses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe state\u2019s \u201cReopening New York\u201d guidelines for reopening colleges and universities in New York state is a crucial starting point, but more must be done to protect students, faculty and staff from COVID-19 on SUNY campuses, according to United University Professions, the union representing faculty and professionals at SUNY state-operated campuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UUP President Frederick E. Kowal noted that the state\u2019s recommendations include plans for COVID-19 testing and retesting of students and employees returning to campuses this fall and encourage use of telecommuting to maintain physical distancing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The state\u2019s recommendations echo many of the minimum standards in UUP\u2019s guidelines to safely reopen campuses, released June 1. However, the state\u2019s guidelines leave to SUNY campuses the final decisions about whether comprehensive testing will occur and whether telecommuting will be used. UUP listed these precautions as mandatory in its reopening guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe state\u2019s guidelines for reopening SUNY are on the right track, but I am disappointed that they don\u2019t go farther in mandating comprehensive testing and liberal use of telecommuting,\u201d Kowal said. \u201cI call on the state to ensure that its university system models its guidelines after the same standards the state is recommending that private campuses adopt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kowal pointed to campuses across the country that have announced plans for comprehensive testing as students return to campus this fall, and periodic surveillance testing once classes start. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University, Syracuse University and the University of California at San Diego are some of the schools that have testing plans in place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kowal said the state and SUNY should fully adopt and embrace the recommended best practices in the state\u2019s guidelines, as well as the requirements in UUP\u2019s safe opening plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSUNY needs to step up to the plate and demonstrate that everything that can be done is being done to ensure that our students, our members, our families, and the communities we live in are safe as campuses reopen,\u201d Kowal said. \u201cWe are prepared to be an active partner with SUNY in protecting the safety or our members and our students during this public health crisis. We remain hopeful that SUNY shares the same commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UUP represents 42,000 academic and professional faculty and retirees, with members at 29 New York state-operated campuses, including SUNY\u2019s public teaching hospitals and health sciences centers in Brooklyn, Buffalo, Long Island and Syracuse. It is an affiliate of NYSUT, the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and the AFL-CIO.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n-30-<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colleagues, Please see the following Press Release from our Statewide President Fred Kowal. On this particular release, UUP tried to emphasise the lack of leadership from SUNY Administration. UUP prefers that the Governor be more direct in order SUNY to lead, and not prefer to have the Governor controlling SUNY that directly. Leadership must come […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,8,37],"tags":[41,20,166],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-2886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-safety","category-membership","category-statewide-news","tag-covid-19","tag-fred-kowal","tag-uup-news-release"],"yoast_head":"\n
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