Our son is slated to go away to college next week at our state university. They are planning on having 35,000 people tested twice a week using the self-test nasal swabs (the one with the high false positive rate . . . up to 20%). I don't see things ending well.
I already am not thrilled in that their stated plan was X, and as soon as they collected everyone's money they did a 180% pivot to Plan Y. The current plan is one class per week in a classroom (and the other days online). However, EVERYTHING ELSE on campus is cancelled. No sports, no social programs or events, no parties, etc. Everyone has to stay in their own dorm. They are trying to implement a stay on campus except for emergencies, which seems odd given they also have students that commute to campus.
Our son got assigned the smallest dorm, which at the time seemed like a good thing. All his friends are in other dorms, so he won't be allowed to see them. They also touted having multiple food options in terms of cafeterias, restaurants, food court, and specialty places with all different menus. Now they consolidated the menu and made it the same at all eateries.
I am guessing they will first try to force kids to stay only in their rooms and attend Zoom classes online (to be able to merit charging for room and board). But I doubt they last 2 weeks before they send everyone home (or the professors refuse to teach in person).