EDUCATION

Tracking college closures: U.S. colleges closing, going online due to coronavirus

Arizona Republic

More and more U.S. colleges are beginning to either close temporarily or transition to all-online classes in response to growing concern over coronavirus.

Arizona State University will take classes online after spring break for at least two weeks, the university announced Wednesday. The University of Arizona will delay the start of classes to March 18, and then move "to online instruction wherever possible" until at least April 6.

ASU and UA students are on spring break this week.

Northern Arizona University recesses for spring break next week. It announced that students, starting March 23, will transition to online classes for at least two weeks.

Coronavirus information for state universities can be found online:

Out-of-state universities closing

Dozens of out-of-state colleges and universities have announced closures. Many are on spring break or plan to begin spring break this month.

A more complete list, compiled by Georgetown University scholar Bryan Alexander, can be found here.

West Coast:

Arizona State University: Classes will be held online for two weeks at least.
Grand Canyon University: Classes will be held online from March 23 until the end of the semester.
Loyola Marymount University: Classes will be held online from March 16-March 31.
Northern Arizona University: When spring break ends March 23, classes will be held online until at least April 6.
Park University: Classes will be held online starting Monday, March 16, indefinitely.
San Jose State: In-person classes are suspended from March 10-13. Those classes will transition to online classes from March 16-27.
Santa Clara University: Classes will move online until April 13.
Seattle University: Classes will be held online until the end of the university's winter quarter.
Stanford University: Classes will be held online until the end of the university's winter quarter.
University of Arizona: Spring break will be extended to March 18, and then classes will be offered online "wherever possible" until at least April 6.
University of California, Berkeley: In-person classes suspended until March 29, classes to be moved online.
University of California, Irvine: Classes will be held online for the rest of the semester.
University of California, San Diego: All classes will be held online for the rest of the semester.
UCLA: In-person classes suspended until April 10, classes moved online. Winter quarter final exams to be offered remotely.
University of Colorado: Classes will go online for the rest of the semester.
University of Southern California: The university is testing a move to online classes from March 11-13.
University of Washington: Classes will move online until March 20.

East Coast:

American University: Spring break extended through March 17, then classes moved online until April 3.
Amherst College: Students should leave campus by March 18 unless they petition to remain. Classes will go online for the rest of the semester.
Barnard College: Classes will go online until the week after spring break.
Bowdoin College: Classes will be held online starting March 25.
Bryn Mawr College: All classes will go online until at least April 3.
Bucknell University: Classes will go online starting March 19 through the end of the semester.
Boston University: All classes moved online until April 13.
Brandeis University: Classes will be moved online starting March 25 until the end of the semester.
Columbia University: Classes canceled on Monday and Tuesday, then will move online until spring break next week.
Duke University: Classes to move online until further notice, starting March 23, after an extended spring break.
Fordham University: Classes will go online until further notice.
Georgetown University: All classes will go online until further notice.
Harvard University: Classes will go online starting March 23 until further notice.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: In-person classes with more than 150 people will be moved online.
Middlebury College: Middlebury will begin spring break on March 13 and resume classes online on March 30.
New York University: Classes to be held online until March 27, when the university will either decide to continue remote learning or resume in-person classes.
Northeastern University: Classes to be held online starting March 12 until further notice.
Princeton University: Classes will be held online until April 5.
Rutgers University: Classes are canceled until March 22. Instruction will be moved online from March 23 until at least April 3.
Smith College: In-person classes will be held until March 13 and students are expected to move off campus the next day. Spring break will be extended by one week, until March 29. After break, the school will conduct classes remotely
Swarthmore College: All classes will be taught online until at least April 3.
Syracuse University: Classes will be held online from March 13 through at least March 30.
The New School: Classes will be held online from March 30-April 12.
Towson University: Classes are canceled from March 11-13 and through spring break until March 22.
Tufts University: Classes will be held online for the rest of the semester.
University of Maryland: Classes will move online starting March 30 until April 10.
University of Pennsylvania: Spring break will be extended by one week and classes will be held online for the rest of the semester.
Wesleyan University: Classes will be moved online for the rest of the semester.

Midwest:

Grinnell College: Classes will be held online through May 15. Students are expected to leave campus by March 23.
Indiana University: Classes to be held online until April 6.
Kent State University: Online classes will begin on March 16 and be held through April 12.
Michigan State University: All in-person classes are suspended. Classes will be held online until April 20.
Ohio State University: Classes will be moved online until March 30.
University of Michigan: Classes canceled until March 16 and will be moved online until the end of the semester.
University of Minnesota: All classes will be conducted online until at least April 1 on all campuses.
University of Missouri-Columbia: Classes are suspended through March 15. From March 16-20, classes will go online.
University of Notre Dame: Classes will be held online from March 23 until at least April 13.
University of Wisconsin: Classes will be held online after spring break concludes, starting March 23 until at least April 10.
Wayne State University: Classes are canceled until March 23.
Xavier University: Classes will be held online from March 16 to April 14.

South:

Vandberbilt University: Classes will be held online from March 16 through at least March 30.
Tulane University: Tulane will move to online instruction through the end of the semester.
University of Louisville: Spring break is extended until March 17. After the break, classes will be held remotely until April 5.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: All classes will be held online starting March 23.
University of Texas at Austin: Extending spring break by one week until March 30, shifting some classes online.
University of Virginia: Classes will be held online until at least April 5.

Reach the reporter at Lily.Altavena@ArizonaRepublic.com or follow her on Twitter @LilyAlta.

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