[Farm93]

It feels like there's something close to a 50-50 split between schools saying they plan to open and schools saying they plan on have a mostly closed campus?

Of course, most have simply said they haven't decided yet, which seems to me the most sensible thing to say while still in April (yeah, I know there's typically an early May deadline for things like housing deposits but I don't know that it's a of immense proportions deal to push that back a few weeks).

A school that announces they will be online for a fall semester/quarter will be online.   Can't go back on that after it has been announced.
A school that announces they will be on campus for the fall semester might discover later they must go online.

So I think those that are going online are smart to say that so their students can plan accordingly. 
The schools that are waiting for a bit more information are probably doing the right thing if they really believe on campus might happen.
Schools that are already indicating they know they will have on campus instruction are banking on things that are not under their control.   More testing, more tracing and acceptable case growth sounds great, but those things are not really known yet.  

I think Nebraska should be OK because a lot of citizens in the state essentially practice social distancing every day in their careers as farmers.  I don't think the big concern will be August or September.   November and December?  That's where the uncertainty kicks in.

[Farm93]

It feels like there's something close to a 50-50 split between schools saying they plan to open and schools saying they plan on have a mostly closed campus?

Of course, most have simply said they haven't decided yet, which seems to me the most sensible thing to say while still in April (yeah, I know there's typically an early May deadline for things like housing deposits but I don't know that it's a of immense proportions deal to push that back a few weeks).

A school that announces they will be online for a fall semester/quarter will be online.   Can't go back on that after it has been announced.
A school that announces they will be on campus for the fall semester might discover later they must go online.

So I think those that are going online are smart to say that so their students can plan accordingly. 
The schools that are waiting for a bit more information are probably doing the right thing if they really believe on campus might happen.
Schools that are already indicating they know they will have on campus instruction are banking on things that are not under their control.   More testing, more tracing and acceptable case growth sounds great, but those things are not really known yet.  

I think Nebraska should be OK because a lot of citizens in the state essentially practice social distancing every day in their careers as farmers.  I don't think the big concern will be August or September.   November and December?  That's where the uncertainty kicks in.