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Public commenters raise concerns about student safety, sanctuary campus and facial-recognition timeclocks
Summary
During the Feb. 11 public comment period seven speakers urged protections for international students, asked the Board to consider sanctuary-campus policies, raised student-safety concerns, and objected to facial-recognition timeclocks on Busch Campus.
Chair Amy Towers opened the public-comment period and noted that members of the public had signed up and would be allotted two minutes each.
A total of seven public commenters addressed the Board on a range of topics. Multiple speakers urged that Rutgers consider establishing policies to protect international students and called for sanctuary-campus protections against ICE enforcement actions. Other comments urged attention to student safety and flexible work agreements, and a speaker raised concerns about new timeclocks on the Busch Campus that use facial-recognition technology.
The public comments were part of the meeting’s open session and were recorded in the minutes; no formal Board action or immediate response was recorded in the transcript.
Because commenters were not named in the transcript summary, this account uses the functional label "public commenters" to summarize concerns raised during the allotted public-comment period.
