The nation’s largest four-year public college system said it had to “do its part” to stem the spread of COVID-19.
CSU is the nation’s largest four-year public university system, with around 480,000 students enrolled in schools that stretch the state and include San Francisco State, Cal State Los Angeles, and San Diego State University.
Courses will be “primarily delivered virtually” during the fall term, Chancellor Timothy P. White said at Tuesday’s. “Limited” exceptions may be made for classes that can’t be done online, such as clinical sessions for nursing students or labs for students in the sciences, he said. He added that in those cases, the classes will follow “rigorous” social distancing and other protective protocols.
“Our university, when open without restrictions and fully in-person, as the traditional norm of the past, is a place where over 500,000 people come together in close and vibrant proximity to each other on a daily basis. That approach sadly just isn’t in the cards now,” White said. The chancellor cited the “health and safety and welfare” of students, employees and local communities as a priority in the decision. He noted the lack of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, as well as experts’ forecasts of waves of cases ofTo eliminate the chance of the disease spreading further, the university system “must do its part,” he said.too quickly, leading to a possible spike in the spread of the coronavirus.
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