UW-System Students Will Be Allowed to Return to Campus for the Spring Semester

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 -- 10:04 AM

(AP) A top official said Monday that University of Wisconsin System students will be allowed to return to campus for the spring semester and take more in-person courses, hoping that more robust COVID-19 testing will help stave off the types of outbreaks that forced the system to turn to online-only instruction a few weeks into the fall semester.

Andrew Petersen, the president of the Board of Regents, said he expects students to be able to return to their schools and live in residence halls safely. The system plans to test students living in dorms for the disease at least once a week.

Students living off-campus and faculty and staff will be tested at least once every two weeks. UW-Madison, the system’s flagship school, will test all students twice a week.

Regents want to see more in-person classes than schools offered in the fall, saying such instruction is far preferable to online learning or a hybrid model, he said. Chancellors will work with faculty to determine how best to implement in-person instruction, he said.

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