Lehigh University on Thursday announced plans for the spring semester that include more undergraduate students living on its Bethlehem campus and more classes requiring in-person participation.
The semester won’t begin until Feb. 1 and there will be no spring break, according to an email from President John Simon, Provost Nathan Urban and Vice President for Finance and Administration Patricia Johnson.
“We wish, just as all of you do, that we were looking ahead to a typical spring semester. Unfortunately, COVID-19 hasn’t left us, and we must continue to protect ourselves and each other,” the email said.
Simon announced in September he would be stepping down at the end of the current academic year in June 2021. He plans to take a sabbatical year, and then rejoin the university as a faculty member in 2022.
In terms of housing, the 1,250 undergraduate students currently living on campus will be allowed to stay in that housing for the spring semester.
The final number of students allowed for the spring semester has not been determined, in part because the school is re-evaluating the density of students in the residence halls and the use of university housing for quarantine or isolation.
Undergraduate students who will not access the campus in any way in the spring may choose to be “fully remote” and receive a 10 percent reduction in tuition.
In addition to more students on campus, Lehigh is increasing the number of courses that have and require in-person participation. Courses critical for students to graduate will be available remotely so students can make progress towards their degrees.
Lehigh will also allow some in-person programs for student organizations, including Greek life, but students will not be allowed to live in Greek housing in the spring.
For student athletes, the university is awaiting the Patriot League’s decision on spring competition.
All spring training, conditioning and practices will continue under the university’s safety and testing protocols, which means athletes training with teams at university facilities and supervised by coaches cannot opt to be fully remote.
COVID-19 surveillance testing will increase. The university plans to start weekly random surveillance testing of approximately half of all students living in Bethlehem and adjust the amount as conditions warrant.
Lehigh announcing a plan now to add more students as COVID-19 cases increase across the country is similar to recently announced plans by other colleges and universities, including Lafayette College, Northwestern and American University.
Lafayetteplans to open its doors to any student who wants to study on the Easton campus this spring.
Carnegie Mellon University is giving students the same three choices as the fall: all online courses; a hybrid model of limited in-person classes on the Pittsburgh campus and online courses; and in-person only.
Georgetown University moved most of its spring classes online. Parents of Georgetown students have created an online petition for the Washington, D.C., campus to allow in-person classes and on-campus housing for the spring 2021 semester, The Georgetown Voice reports.
Meanwhile, on the West Coast, California State University is continuing to limit almost all classes to online instruction in the spring and the University of California Berkley will follow its plan implemented in the fall, including a “considerable majority” of classes offered remotely.
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