Florida universities were instructed Tuesday to move courses to online-only instruction for the rest of the spring semester by the State University System Board of Governors.
The switch to full-time remote instruction comes after Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed four University of Florida students had contracted the coronavirus, or COVID-19.
In a news conference Tuesday, the governor said he urged the Board of Governors to extend the temporary suspension of face-to-face instruction through the rest of the spring semester.
UF President Kent Fuch informed his staff and students the university would heed the governor’s recommendation, soon after the State University System was instructing all classes be moved to online only for the rest of the