There are no longer login delays due to student responses

NYU will suspend the 30-second sanctions and end persistent email reminders to students who have not agreed to the university’s updated Student Conduct Policy.

Prior to the change, students who did not complete the agreement — which was part of NYU’s new nondiscrimination and anti-harassment modules — faced a delay of 30 seconds while logging into NYU Home, Albert and Brightspace. University spokesperson John Beckman told WSN that the delay was lifted because administrators were “aware” of the upcoming course registration period.

“The university has suspended the 30-second delay for that small percentage of students who have still not completed the required NDAH training,” Beckman said. “All students are subject to NYU’s NDAH and Student Conduct Policy, and all students are responsible for being familiar with the material in the training.”

At one October 24 meeting Between faculty and administration, President Linda Mills said 88% of all NYU students – more than 50,000 individuals – had completed the required training. Students who did not complete it continued to receive messages warning them of various other penalties they could face, including extended wait times, mandatory password resets, and “other administrative actions.” Beckman did not clarify whether students would still be subjected to such actions.

In the module, students are asked to agree to NYU’s updated student conduct guidelineswho cite “code words, such as ‘Zionist’” as examples of potentially discriminatory statements. Several organizations on campus, including the People’s Solidarity Coalition and the student union, have called on students not to complete the modules in protest. The union said this on Tuesday afternoon in an Instagram post that it had filed a complaint this week about the login delays, calling on NYU to stop the action and begin negotiating NDAH policies.

Jonah Inserra, a union organizer, said the updated guidelines complicate what teachers can discuss in the classroom about the Middle East and Zionism. Inserra added that the problem was exacerbated by the modules and the university’s enforcement that students affirm their understanding of the policy.

“We still would have complained about this to the university and demanded that we negotiate it, which we did,” Inserra said in an interview with WSN. “But it perhaps didn’t have the same kind of public dimension that was forced on us by the fact that the university made a big fuss to get everyone to agree and certify this.”

The graduate student association post came after the history Ph.D. candidates received an email stating that the administration was “pleased” with the completion rate and would “put an end to the memories and annoyances.” The email, from Robyn d’Avignon, the director of graduate studies in NYU’s history department, said that Lynne Kiorpes, the dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Science, addressed student concerns about the NDAH training “ took very seriously. .”

Kiorpes told WSN that administrators said at the Oct. 24 meeting that there would be “no further or ongoing consequences” for students who did not complete the module.

In the email, d’Avignon also said administrators would review and “revise” the training before next year, after consulting with faculty “with expertise in areas relevant to the training and current conflicts.” At the Oct. 24 meeting, Mills also said the university will reconsider its training processes and how to “train well” in the future. Since the delays, students have expressed their dismay, saying that requiring people to complete the modules does not effectively enforce the policy.

“Making the module optional gives people a sense of choice in completing it, making them more likely to complete the module,” Tisch junior Kiran Arain told WSN. “However, it doesn’t matter much when NYU has consistently demonstrated a disregard for anti-discrimination and has instead chosen to place religiously driven political views in a protected position.”

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