@fl1234 - I don’t disagree but will note that your response is exactly what the school is hoping for so that everyone shrugs their shoulders in an attempt to convince themselves the university did all they could, but this is as good as it gets. The last thing the school wants to do is explain why it is safe for students to gather in the dorms, food halls, etc., but not to be in a classroom learning in a traditional manner. It is most certainly driven by money. No one can doubt that. It is also driven by a need to appease the faculty who are looking out for #1 rather than the student’s safety, which is at the lowest end of the risk scale. If they are going to conduct education via on line classes, there is no excuse for providing one class in person (in my son’s case, chemistry lab) rather than placing all classes on-line and allowing parents to save the cost of housing and board when the student experience doesn’t exist. That they would put the students at risk just to maintain the cash flow is inexcusable.
If it isn’t safe for in-person classes, it isn’t safe for students to be on campus. Period.