They are making it easy by threatening faculty to do the work of those on strike. Hitchcock believes the university undervalues the work of MUSA members and their essential role in the process of exams. While professors are required to compose exams, it is the duty of department chairs to make sure those exams are submitted on time. Mendelson, who does represent the opinion of all professors, claims his intention is not to harm students. Many professors are planning to meet with their students and decide on the possibility of a take home.
Exams are just a small part of the problems arising out of the strike.
The next issue involves distributing marks. Mendelson stated that the majority of students marks are on a spreadsheet saved in his secretary's computer. A computer that he does not have access to and has no intention of getting. Howard sympathizes with the students. We regret the fact that the students are really caught in the middle of this dispute.