University of California President Janet Napolitano said its campuses will definitely be offering classes in the fall. But, she said, 'It might be remote. It might be in person. It might be some sort of hybrid.'
"If they're going to reopen at all, they're going to need to have a testing plan, a contact tracing plan, a quarantine plan, things of that sort."Napolitano said the university system, which has around, will definitely offer classes in the fall, but it remains a question of how that instruction will be given.
"It might be remote. It might be in person. It might be some sort of hybrid," said Napolitano, a former governor of Arizona andEach campus across the system is in the process of developing a specific plan for the fall, she said. She said students will be informed "well in advance of what the campus is going to offer as they make their decisions of whether or not to actually enroll.
Colleges and universities across the U.S. shifted this spring from in-person instruction to online classes as the threat from the
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