Local colleges switching to online courses, asking students to stay home due to outbreak

Updated at 3:03 p.m.

James Bessette

03/11/2020

WHEATON COLLEGE in Norton is both switching its curricula to online in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and asking students to leave campus by March 22 until further notice. / COURTESY WHEATON COLLEGE

PROVIDENCE – Local colleges continue to alter their respective schedules and programming in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, including extending spring break, asking students to leave campus and conducting courses online. The changes in policies come as the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus crisis around the globe a pandemic Wednesday. Norton-based Wheaton…

Register to keep reading or subscribe today and receive unlimited access.
Already a Subscriber?

If you have already logged in and are still seeing this message, please refresh the page as your browser is caching the old content.

Want to share this story? Click Here to purchase a link that allows anyone to read it on any device whether or not they are a subscriber.