Dozens of colleges are moving classes online for at least the first week of the semester amid a surge in COVID-19 cases just as students are about to return from winter break. Some warn it could stretch longer if the wave of infection doesn’t subside.
He has already taken a year of online learning, which he said “did not work” and wasn’t what he expected from a school that charges more than $50,000 a year.
The university was among many that saw infections soar in the days before winter break. The campus averaged more than 80 cases a day during finals week, compared with just a few a day for much of the fall. And while most recent cases were mild, nearly all were among students who had received at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
It’s the first time since last spring that the school has moved fully remote, but Chancellor Kim Wilcox said it is the best way to prevent the virus from spreading after students return from holiday travel. At Northeastern University in Boston, one of a growing number of schools requiring boosters, students are returning as planned. Officials said the school is shifting its focus from preventing all cases to warding off serious illness or hospitalization.
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