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    Colleges Add More In-Person Classes For Spring, Amid High Risk Of Coronavirus Spread

    Many colleges are starting their spring semester this week, and new data show that schools are bringing students back to campus, with more in-person classes.
    by Elissa Nadworny Feb 03, 2021 5 minutes
    Source: Meredith Miotke for NPR

    Last week, Ayiana Davis Polen finally set foot on the campus of Spelman College — a historically Black liberal arts school for women in Atlanta. She's a freshman there but had started her college experience last fall taking classes from her bedroom in Puerto Rico.

    Back then, she wasn't sure if it felt like college — but then again, she had nothing to compare it with.

    Now, she's about to. Spelman, like many colleges across the U.S., is beefing up its in-person offerings for the spring semester. For Davis Polen, that meant there was a spot for her in a dorm on the picturesque campus.

    "It's pretty nice," she said Friday, as she settled into her single room. "I definitely feel the difference, because there's new people all around me. Obviously it's going to have certain restrictions, but I think I'll start to get an idea of college."

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