Tuition and service fees will be the exact same no make any difference how a college student chooses to acquire classes, the statement claimed. Officials mentioned as several as 6,500 pupils will be able to are living in dorms and other on-campus housing, but go-in dates will be staggered, and place will be reserved for quarantine.

Pupils will be prioritized based mostly on their require for housing, in accordance to the statement.

Pupils going in will have to be analyzed for the virus immediately and will have to isolate for a week to 10 days soon after they arrive. And to stay away from the chance of publicity from students touring household for Thanksgiving, all instruction, and closing tests, will be on the web right after the holiday.

U.C. Berkeley’s announcement will come more than a thirty day period following the California State College, the most significant 4-yr public university procedure in the region, said classes at its 23 campuses would be canceled, and instruction would choose area virtually solely on line.

Reporting was contributed by Keith Bradsher, Chris Buckley, Luis Ferré-Sadurní, Michael Cooper, Jill Cowan, Jacey Fortin, Michael Gold, Joseph Goldstein, James Gorman, David M. Halbfinger, Andrew Higgins, Carl Hulse, Miriam Jordan, Annie Karni, Sarah Kliff, Jeff Mays, Patricia Mazzei, Raphael Minder, David Montgomery, Brad Plumer, Nadja Popovich, Frances Robles, Dagny Salas, Christopher Schuetze, Robert Simonson, Karan Deep Singh, Jeanna Smialek, Rory Smith, Mitch Smith, Kaly Soto, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Eileen Sullivan, Daniel Victor, David Waldstein, Noah Weiland, Will Wright and Karen Zraick.