Growing numbers of U.S. colleges are pledging to reopen this fall, with dramatic changes to campus life to keep the coronavirus at bay.
Big lectures will be a thing of the past. Dorms will will be nowhere near capacity. Students will face mandatory virus testing.
And at some smaller schools, students may be barred from leaving campus. Even as some universities abandon hope of in-person instruction next semester, citing concerns from public health officials, dozens are announcing plans to welcome students back in August.
They acknowledge that an outbreak could force classes back online, but many of their leaders say the financial and political pressures to reopen are too large to ignore.