An Arizona State University professor who forced his students to sit in the first two rows of his classroom, violating the school’s coronavirus guidelines, will allow students to choose their own seats in the future after the incident was posted on social media.
The university's assistant vice president for media relations, Jay Thorne, acknowledged the incident and said the university spoke to Professor Thomas Seager about complying with the school's restrictions. The allegations were initially posted on Reddit. Seager declined to comment and referred The Associated Press to Thorne. The Arizona Republic reports ASU had 775 confirmed cases of the coronavirus among its student body as of Monday.
