[Edling] Duke professor sparks online outrage after telling Chinese students to only speak English

[Francis Hult]

USA Today

Duke professor sparks online outrage after telling Chinese students to only speak English

A Duke University official stepped down Saturday after her email telling international students to "commit to using English 100% of the time" sparked outrage online.

Megan Neely, who had been the university's director of graduate studies in the biostatistics department, told the program's students in an email Friday to only speak English on campus and in professional settings. The email titled “Something to think about…” triggered a petition with over 1,900 signatures and has been shared across Twitter as well as Chinese social media site Weibo.

Full story:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/01/27/duke-professor-chinese-students-speak-english/2695921002/

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