The University of Florida reversed course on a "tattle button" that allowed students to report complaints about professors who altered a class' format from in-person to online, after pushback from students and faculty. Students have complained that professors are unable to give the same individualized attention to students at home via Zoom as they do to those in the classroom. The university ramped up the number of in-person classes for the spring semester after students and family members expressed a wider interest in resuming in-person instruction despite the coronavirus pandemic. MINNESOTA CONFIRMS BRAZIL CORONAVIRUS VARIANT CASE, FIRST IN USAbout 25,000 students at the University of Florida enrolled in at least one face-to-face class for the spring, roughly half of the total enrollment at the university, Orlando said. "I think particularly for faculty, we are enormously [grateful] for our faculty," Orlando said.

Source: Fox News January 27, 2021 00:21 UTC