NATIONSome colleges reopen despite coronavirus dangers David BaratzUSA TODAYClemson University students study in the outdoor amphitheater during the first day of in-person classes for the fall semester in Clemson, S.C. Monday, September 21, 2020.Ken Ruinard, USA TODAY NETWORKClemson University students walk up stairs outside the new College of Business facility, during the first day of in-person classes for the fall semester in Clemson, S.C. Monday, September 21, 2020.Ken Ruinard, USA TODAY NETWORKPeople wait in line to enter Cool Beans on The Strip on Cumberland Avenue at 11:15 p.m. Saturday in Knoxville, Tennessee on Sept. 12, 2020. The University of Tennessee is asking students to follow COVID-19 safety measures, and Knox County bars are under order to stop serving alcohol at 10 p.m.Calvin Mattheis/News SentinelRyan Coffey, right, a senior at Clemson University watches others visit downtown Clemson, S.C. Saturday, September 12, 2020.Ken Ruinard / StaffFreshmen Lauren Tamborini and Bailey Donahue move out of Sellery Residence Hall Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 at UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. The students plan on attending class online. Citing rapidly rising COVID-19 cases including two straight days in which one in five student tests came back positive, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank locked down the state's largest university campus for two weeks.Mark Hoffman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Via USA TODAY NetworkUniversity of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh marches at UM stadium along with Jennifer 'Peach' Pagano, the mom of the University of Michigan team captain Carlo Kemp and other player parents, players and coaches over no college football on the day that was supposed to be the first game.Junfu Han, Detroit Free PressNavy head coach Ken Niumatalolo walks with his team of the field before an NCAA college football game against the BYU, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, in Annapolis, Md.Tommy Gilligan, APLife sciences professor Dr. Christy Strong teaches an in-person Phage Discovery Laboratory course at UNLV amid the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on September 1, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Strong has two other classes of 50 and 250 students that she teaches remotely. To lower the number of people on campus to allow for social distancing because of the pandemic, the university moved fall 2020 courses with more than 50 students, about 80 percent of its classes, to remote instruction, with 20 percent of courses held in-person or hybrid. UNLV is only using large classrooms with spaced out seating and under 50 percent capacity for in-person classes, which are now staggered to reduce density on the campus.Ethan Miller, Getty ImagesPartiers congregate on the balcony of a downtown apartment on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, in Columbia, Mo., near the University of Missouri campus. Many colleges quickly scrapped in-person learning in favor of online after cases began to spike, bars have been shut down in college towns, and students, fraternities and sororities have been repeatedly disciplined for parties and large gatherings.Daniel Shular, APOffensive coordinator Harry Bailey takes freshmen guard Traviontae Ali's temperature before work out at Adrian College in Adrian on Aug. 14, 2020.Junfu Han, Detroit Free PressA group of football players walk down to the Kapnick Field for their workout at Docking Stadium of Adrian College in Adrian ON August 14, 2020.Junfu Han, Detroit Free PressKarina Patino, front, attends a Criminology class at the Gates Dell Complex at UT on Wednesday Aug. 26, 2020. Students returned to the UT campus on Wednesday for limited in-person classes for the first time since the the university moved to remote instruction in March.Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman/ USA TODAY NetworkStudents at New York University (NYU) wait outside of a Covid-19 test tent outside of its business school on August 25, 2020 in New York City. All students arriving back to the campus are required to get tested for the virus upon arrival, students will then have to be tested again seven to 10 days later.Spencer Platt, Getty ImagesStudents arrive at the Student Union at the University of Central Florida, in Orlando, Monday, August 24, 2020, on the first day of classes with new safety protocols in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic.Joe Burbank, Orlando Sentinel Via APStudents wearing face masks walk past doors marked with COVID-19 related warnings at the Seamans Center during the first day of in-person classes for the fall semester amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa.Joseph Cress, Iowa City Press-CitizenAlyssa Hernandez carries a suitcase as her family help her to move in to the Jester West Dormitory at the University of Texas in Austin on Thursday, August 20, 2020.Lola Gomez, Austin American-StatesmanFreshman Savanna McIntosh moves into a dorm at UNLV, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in Las Vegas. Eighty percent of the classes at the university will be online or remote, while 20 percent will be in person. Enrollment at the university is similar to last year, but about half of the normal level of students will be living the the dorms.John Locher, APAn incoming freshman queries a university employee upon arriving on campus at University of Colorado Boulder on August 18, 2020 in Boulder, Colorado. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many colleges and universities are instituting different strategies this fall semester, with most students living on campus attending all classes with remote instruction.Mark Makela, Getty ImagesCustodian Gary Whitner takes a break from cleaning inside the new College of Business during the first day of fall classes at Clemson University in Clemson Wednesday, August 19, 2020.Ken Ruinard/Greenville NewsFaith Spino, Darcy Roberts and Abby Helliburton walk by the Cooper Library and reflection pond during a morning walk early, before their first day of fall classes at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C., Aug. 19, 2020.Ken Ruinard, USA TODAY NETWORKStudents wearing masks walk on campus of the University of Notre Dame on Aug. 18, 2020, in South Bend, Ind. The University of Notre Dame on Aug. 18 canceled in-person undergraduate classes for two weeks after a spike of coronavirus cases that occurred since the semester began.Robert Franklin, South Bend Tribune Via APOyeronke Popoola, a 17-year-old freshman from Raleigh, carries some of her belongings as she and other students leave campus following a cluster of COVID-19 cases at The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Aug. 18, 2020. The university announced that it would cancel all in-person undergraduate learning starting on Aug. 19.Gerry Broome, APUniversity of Idaho students wear face masks while playing a game outside of Sigma Nu fraternity during fraternity bid day, the final day of the recruitment process, on Aug. 17, 2020, in Moscow, Idaho. Sororities and fraternities at the university are taking a variety of precautions to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The first day of classes at the University are on Aug. 24.Geoiff Crimmins, Moscow-Pullman Daily News Via APNew York University students wait in line to be tested for COVID-19 before school opens on Aug. 18, 2020 in New York.BRYAN R. SMITH, AFP Via Getty ImagesA graduate assistant sits in an empty auditorium during an online lecture on the first day of classes Aug. 17, 2020, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. More of Georgia's public universities are opening for the fall term, trying to balance concern about COVID-19 infections against a mandate for on-campus classes citing financial needs and student desires.Jeff Amy, APA protester holds a sign opposing in-person classes Aug. 17, 2020, at a "die-in" at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.Jeff Amy, APSophmore nursing major Savannah Wooten walks to class with Hannah Nelson, a sophomore early education major, on campus at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Aug. 17, 2020 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Aug. 17 was UTC's first day of classes in person classes since March, when all University of Tennessee schools moved to virtual classes in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.Troy Stolt, Chattanooga Times Free Press Via APIncoming freshman Jordin Stribling, 18, carries pillows while moving into a campus dormitory at University of Colorado Boulder on Aug. 18, 2020 in Boulder, Colo.. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many colleges and universities are instituting different strategies this fall semester, with most students living on campus attending all classes with remote instruction.Mark Makela, Getty ImagesIncoming freshmen wait in line to ask questions at an informational tent while arriving on campus at University of Colorado Boulder on Aug. 18, 2020 in Boulder, Colo..Mark Makela, Getty ImagesKyalynn Moore-Wilson, a freshman, sits at a desk in her dorm room before joining a Zoom meeting for an 'Introduction to Psychology' course as classes begin amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the first day of the fall 2020 semester at the University of New Mexico on Aug.17, 2020 in Albuquerque, N.M.. The course will meet in person four times during the fall semester with the remaining classes and coursework completed online. To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the university has moved to a hybrid instruction model that includes a mixture of in-person and remote classes. According to the school, about 70 percent of classes are being taught online.Sam Wasson, Getty ImagesA student checks her phone while shopping for textbooks as classes begin amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the first day of the fall 2020 semester at the University of New Mexico on Aug. 17, 2020 in Albuquerque, N.M..Sam Wasson, Getty ImagesJose Villar (R) gives a mask to Savannah Sickler, a freshman, as students begin classes amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the first day of the fall 2020 semester at the University of New Mexico on Aug. 17, 2020 in Albuquerque, N.M..Sam Wasson, Getty ImagesSophomore Brandon Williams of the Bronx and his mother Julie Andrew look at a welcome bag which included a face mask, hand sanitizer and a face shield at Iona College in New Rochelle. N.Y. on Aug. 13, 2020. The college has been in remote learning for one week and begins in-person classes on Aug. 17 .Tania Savayan, The Journal News Via USA TODAY NETWORKKathleen Sherlock, from Urbana, Ill., fills out paperwork as she registers to get a COVID-19 test in Hinkle Fieldhouse at Butler University, in Indianopolis, Ind. on Aug. 14, 2020, as part of the check-in process for students moving into housing on campus. Students have to have a negative test before they are allowed into the Butler residences. Students receive results from their test in under 30 minutes. Move-in is over two weeks this year, because of the pandemic.Kelly Wilkinson, IndyStar Via USA TODAY NETWORKStudents sit in socially distanced desks in a ballroom made into a classroom inside the Student Union at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn. on Aug. 14, 2020.Brianna Paciorka, News Sentinel Via USA TODAY NETWORKTracy Peyton, English and communications department head at Pensacola State College, gathers COVID-19 supplies for students and instructors as she prepares for the fall semester on Aug. 12, 2020. PSC students begin in-person and online classes on Aug. 17 in Pensacola, Fla.Tony Giberson, News Journal Via USA TODAY NETWORKStudents begin to move into the dorms on campus at University of Louisville on Aug. 12, 2020 in Louisville, Ky.Alton Strupp, Courier Journal Via USA TODAY NETWORKA recently placed mask on the Giant is a symbol of College of the Sequoias' priority for the health and safety of students, staff and faculty in Visalia, Calif. Lauren Fishback, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, said masks are required for all students, staff and faculty while physically on one of the three campuses. The mask was made by faculty member Jonna Schengel, Director Allied Health and Physical Therapist Assistant Program.Ron Holman, Times Delta Via USA TODAY NETWORKFaculty learn to use new technology for virtual classes at Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y. on Aug. 13, 2020. The college has been in remote learning for one week and on Aug. 17 begins in-person classes.Tania Savayan, The Journal News Via USA TODAY NETWORKFrom left, St. Louis University students Miah Cramer, Alexis Schweitzer, and Adam Seger, members of Oriflamme, the student volunteer group which welcomes new students, clean the containers used by students moving in their belongings to the Reinert Hall dorm on a move-in day for SLU freshmen, Aug. 11, 2020. The containers are cleaned after each student uses it and the move-in days have been increased so that everyone can better abide by the social distancing guidelines.Hillary Levin, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Via APCollege students walk carrying their dinners at the University of South Carolina on Aug. 10, 2020 in Columbia, S.C.. Students began moving back to campus housing Aug. 9 with classes to start Aug. 20.Sean Rayford, Getty ImagesBaylor Garland, left, arrives to move in for his freshman year, assisted by his father Alan, right and mother, Teena, after they arrived from Eaton, Ga., at the University of Alabama on Aug. 15, 2020, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. More than 20,000 students returned to campus for the first time since spring break with numerous school and city codes in effect to limit the spread of COVID-19.Vasha Hunt, APA sign at the front desk of Fred Brown Hall reminds residents to keep social distancing at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville on Aug. 14, 2020.Brianna Paciorka, News Sentinel Via USA TODAY NETWORKMatthew Claflin and Sara Norton sit in partial shade on the quad at the University of Alabama on Aug. 15, 2020, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.Vasha Hunt, APCollege students with the assistance of family begin moving in for the fall semester at N.C. State University in Raleigh, N.C., July 31, 2020. The first wave of college students returning to their dorms arenÕt finding the typical mobs of students and parents. At N.C. State, the return of students was staggered over 10 days and students were greeted by socially distant volunteers donning masks and face shields.Gerry Broome, APGroundskeeper Carrie Ward, right, and maintenance mechanic Samuel Francis adjust and disinfect a plexiglass divider, used to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, in a classroom of the TEC buildng at Rowan College on July 31, 2020 at Burlington County in Mount Laurel, N.J..Chris LaChall, Courier-Post Via USA TODAY NETWORKUlyssa Howard, 19, of Corinth, Miss. unpacks her microwave and other items as she and her roommate begin moving into their dorm room at Woodd Hall at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville, Miss., July 29, 2020.Thomas Wells, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Via APEvan Olinger of Sellersburg loads a cart with his dad, Scott Olinger as Evan moves into his Purdue University dorm, Aug. 15, 2020 in West Lafayette, Ind.Nikos Frazier, Journal & Courier Via USA TODAY NETWORKParents and students arrive in their vehicles for health screenings and temperature checks before moving belongings into residence halls at West Virginia State University campus July 31, 2020, in Institute, W. Va. The first wave of college students returning to their dorms arenÕt finding the typical mobs of students and parents. What they found were strict safety protocols and some heightened anxiety amid a global pandemic where virus infections are growing in dozens of states.John Raby, APUniversity of Idaho students line up for a COVID-19 test on Aug. 13, 2020, outside the Student Recreation Center in Moscow, Idaho. The university's plans to open it's own lab to process the tests has been delayed. All students at the university are required to be tested for COVID-19 before classes start on Aug. 24.Geoff Crimmins, Moscow-Pullman Daily News Via APA student swipes into Earhart Dining Hall, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.Nikos Frazier, Journal & Courier Via USA TODAY NETWORKIncoming students began moving in on the OSU campus on Aug. 13, 2020 in Columbus, Ohio. All students moving into the dormitories are required to schedule a time to move in gradually with only 8 students permitted to move into a building in the same hour as an attempt to prevent spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) among OSU students.Matthew Hatcher, Getty ImagesPensacola State College Librarian Dena Gilliam prepares for the return of students by putting out COVID-19 reminders on Aug. 12, 2020 in Pensacola, Fla..Tony Giberson, News Journal Via USA TODAY NETWORKCollege students eat dinner outside at the University of South Carolina on Aug. 10, 2020 in Columbia, S.C.Sean Rayford, Getty Images