Abstract
When SARS-CoV-2 escalated to a pandemic in early 2020, universities and colleges were forced to pivot to virtual instruction. As of fall 2021, many institutions of higher education had reopened, adopting and often mandating mitigation measures like indoor masking, social distancing, regular testing, and vaccination. However, the emergence of the Omicron B.1.1.529 variant in November 2021 disrupted this new routine. The Omicron variant has been shown to be highly transmissible, with researchers estimating the effective reproduction number of Omicron as 3.19 times higher than that of the Delta strain (Ito et al., 2021).
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