Students at Scripps College were considering starting a strike of their classes in a bid to achieve a universal-A grading system for this spring semester amid the coronavirus pandemic. Students are also organizing to lobby professors, especially those on the Faculty Executive Committee, for a universal pass/no record/incomplete system, similar to the policy Pomona College faculty passed earlier this week. In a survey gauging interest for a potential strike sent out to student

On Thursday, Scripps College students employed as resident advisors (RAs) on campus announced that they will refuse to work in protest of their “exploitation” as “low income students of color” until their demands for extensive changes to college policies and personnel are met. Though acknowledging that failing to perform their supervisory duties would enable students to “engage[] in unsafe behavior” and deprive students of a valuable mental health resource, the resident advis