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Elissa Nadworny

Colleges ease COVID-19 restrictions as fall semester begins for millions of students

Students on campus at the University of Michigan. (Elissa Nadworny/NPR)

Millions of students are heading back to college for their third full academic year since the COVID pandemic hit. But as students move into their dorms and sign up for classes this year, things are different.

On many campuses, the masking restrictions are gone. Classes are being held in-person, testing requirements are loosening, and quarantine and isolation dorms have been returned to regular housing. College officials say the goal of easing these restrictions is to try and get students back to a more typical college experience.

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