UA System leaders, campuses should prepare to reopen in fall, trustees vote

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University of Arkansas System leaders and campuses should work together to prepare campuses to "reopen to students, faculty and staff" in the fall, system trustees voted Monday.

System President Donald Bobbitt has already convened a task force to determine how campuses can reopen. He told trustees that campuses have already proven they can adjust to remote learning quickly, if needed, once again. He said there are more "unknowns" than "knowns" about what reality will be in a few months.

Trustee Ed Fryar said he wanted to send an "unambiguous message" that "we are a series of on-campus, in-person institutions... We are world-class and we are going to open in the fall."

CORRECTION: UA System trustees voted Monday to approve a resolution stating that the system should work to prepare campuses to reopen in the fall. An earlier version of this story's headline misstated the purpose of the resolution.