Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera told parents the school is preparing for “full operations and a complete residential experience for our students this fall.”

The University of Alabama and scores of others say they intend to have full face-to-face instruction, and some expect to have full football stadiums, too.

Though damaging, COVID also provided a brief pause and an opportunity to reevaluate university budgets, goals, and relationships with key partners.

Canada’s slow vaccine campaign - it currently lags well behind global peers on inoculations - and the emergence of new variants, could extend the slump in enrollment and campus revenues into the next year school, experts warn.