trying a few different strategies to reduce risk to their student population. At my school we are offering a lot of 8-week courses so they would be completed before a second wave. Plus the majority of the courses are completely online, with just art, science labs, and classes like nursing that have practicums continuing with face-to-face classes. Residential colleges and universities (mine is all commuter) have tough choices to make. The 3 state universities here in Arizona announced in-person classes for the fall, but delayed when students must decide where they will go until until June 1st (because so few students were ready to make a choice). The deadline is usually May 1st. After students decide, the universities may decide to announce that there will be only an online option. We'll see.

...and try to avoid interaction with outside folks who may/may not spread the virus. Also eliminates holiday travel into ND, which would be a major worry point.

You'd have to think fall sports like football would carry on until end of seasons and winter sports will, too. I'll bet a bottom dollar those seasons might be be condensed and, if possible, become more localized (although ND is lucky enough to travel by charter most of the time).

ND: fall break and thanksgiving break. Starting 2 weeks earlier plus the fall break week allows them to get the normal days in before thanksgiving.

The other side effects are more happens in warmer weather. In spite of what media reports, the second wave will not happen in the fall. The second wave begins in late December and peaks in February. That is when Flu season is for the US -- not the fall. Vaccine companies -- every single one is my customer -- do not plan for fall adverse event waves from the vaccines being administered. They plan for the wave to begin end of December -- it's an annual dilemma in drug safety that people at vaccine companies have to work the holiday season as a result.

The longer break also lets ND's assess and regroup between semesters. If they are smart -- and the news about fall semester indicates they have some active brain cells at the moment -- they will do the opposite for spring semester and start 2-4 weeks later, eliminate spring break for the same infection reasons (the return to ND from break), eliminate Easter break, and end late May instead of early May. Shift more of the semester into warmer weather.

If hoops goes through as scheduled ((even relatively), winter teams will be in a relatively empty campus for a lot of the winter months. Wonder if they'd relocate to specific dorms to cut down on costs.