In a press briefing Wednesday, Biodesign Institute Executive Director Joshua LaBaer said Arizona is seeing a “consistent and continued rise in overall cases” and a rise in hospitalizations. The entire way the University has structured this year was about giving students choice, but now it feels like we are only giving a particular kind of student choice.” “As the pandemic rages, it is disappointing and seems kind of out of touch.

“This is the only communication we've had from the administration for a while,” Brian said.

Jenny Brian, a senior lecturer at Barrett, The Honors College, said by the third week of the fall semester, all of her students stopped attending classes in person and attended only through Zoom, leading her to teach remotely.īrian, a member of the Community of Care Coalition, said the provost’s decision to give faculty less choice and less flexibility “to keep themselves and their peers safe” is “entirely the wrong move at this moment when we have out of control community spread” in Arizona. “We are making commitments to students to offer in-person options, circumstances permitting, and want to uphold those commitments to the best of our ability,” wrote the spokesperson. READ MORE: ASU will encourage faculty to teach in person for spring semester

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