Previously last week, CHMA spoke with the president of the Mount Allison Students’ Union, Jon Ferguson, about introducing a pass/fail option for students this semester.

At the time, Ferguson shared that the MASU was pursuing “an emergency meeting of the University Senate to push for a pass/fail option for students.”

In an Instagram video posted on November 22nd, President Jon Ferguson and Vice-President Academic Affairs Charlie Burke inform students that the emergency meeting is not happening.

Ferguson stressed in the interview last week that it is important that Mount Allison not only provide the pass/fail option, but allow students to choose between a letter grade or pass/fail after seeing their final mark.

Burke says that “December 8 is a little bit late in the semester” for a meeting to secure the pass/fail option.

Both Burke's and Ferguson's statements can be found in the audio below:

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