UC-San Diego Extends Period Online Until End of January

From the UC-San Diego website:

...The UC San Diego community is affected in two ways. First, we are experiencing staffing shortages similar to other employers. Second, a number of students are exposed to COVID, impacting their ability to attend classes in person.

In response, we are extending the mandatory remote instruction period until the end of January. In-person instruction is scheduled to begin on Monday, January 31. This decision allows UC San Diego to keep teaching modalities as simple as possible given that many students, faculty and staff may still be sick or recovering in the second half of the month or experiencing extra caregiving responsibilities. The decision also provides more time for students, faculty and staff who are eligible to schedule and receive a vaccine booster before returning to campus...

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Source of excerpt: https://adminrecords.ucsd.edu/Notices/2022/2022-1-6-5.html.

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We continue to note that UCLA also needs to make a decision and we continue to emphasize that instructors need reasonable advance notice about such decisions. Are we sticking with January 18 as the starting date for in-person instruction or not? If not, what will be the date?