The multicultural teaching cadre of a Brown University engineering class is under fire after numerous students formally complained about a lack of “fundamental instruction” and the “inequitable treatment” of women and students of color.
Twenty-eight students signed on to a letter alleging Professor William Curtin “provided little ‘fundamental instruction that would allow students to grasp’ much of the course’s ‘advanced instruction,’” according to The Brown Daily Herald.
Curtin was the only professor named in the letter, despite “ENGN 0040: Dynamics and Vibrations” having been co-taught by Yue Qi and Miguel Bessa (who are Asian and Latino, respectively). The class had a total of 159 students enrolled this past spring.