隨著 COVID-19 的確診數增加和 Omicron 變種病毒的威脅，美國各地的大學和學院開始採取相關措施，從 2022 年春季學期開始，多所大學決定改採遠端上課。
其中，哈佛大學已經宣布 2022 年開始全部採線上授課，但這不是唯一一所做出相關決定的學校，其他大學的校長也表示他們正在觀察情勢，並提醒學生在新學期開始前要注意任何有關的變化。
美國多所大學改採遠端授課
目前 Harvard University、Stanford University 及 DePaul University 已經宣布 2022 年春季學期開始改採線上教學，其中哈佛大學校長 Lawrence Bacow 表示，學校在疫情期間諮詢過公共衛生專家的意見，因此也決定改變新學期的開學時間。
校長補充，只有以前被授權留在學校的學生，或特別許可的學生才應該考慮在學校接受實體授課，否則其他人應盡可能留在家中。
2022 年春季延後開學的大學名單
截至 2022 年 1 月 14 日止，下列這些學校已經確定春季學期延後開學/線上授課/混合授課，名單持續增加中：
- Agnes Scott College
- American University
- Arcadia University
- Binghamton University
- Bowdoin College
- California State University Fullerton
- California State University Long Beach
- California State University Sacramento
- California State University San Marcos
- Case Western Reserve University
- Chaminade University
- Chapman University
- College for Creative Studies
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- DePaul University
- Duke University
- Eastern Michigan University
- Elizabeth City State University
- Emerson College
- Emory University
- Franklin & Marshall College
- Gallaudet University
- Georgetown University
- Hampton University
- Harper College
- Harvard University
- Hiram College
- Illinois State University
- Jarvis Christian College
- Johnson & Wales University
- Kean University
- Knox College
- LaSalle University
- Lehigh University
- Louisiana State University-Shreveport
- Loyola Marymount University
- Loyola Univerity Maryland
- Marymount University
- McDaniel College
- Michigan State University
- Middlebury College
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design
- Morehouse College
- Mount St. Joseph University
- New York University
- Norfolk State University
- Northern Kentucky University
- Northwestern University
- Oakland University
- Oakwood University
- Princeton University
- Randolph College
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rhode Island College
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Rhodes College
- Rice University
- Rutgers University
- Saint Olaf College
- Salve Regina University
- San Diego State University
- San Francisco State University
- Seattle University
- Southern Illinois University
- Southern New Hampshire University
- Spelman College
- Stanford University
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Syracuse University
- Temple University
- Texas State University
- Thomas Jefferson University
- Transylvania University
- Trinity University
- Tulane University
- Union College
- University of Albany
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of Chicago
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Colorado-Boulder
- University of Connecticut
- University of Delaware
- University of Denver
- University of Hawaii
- University of Illinois, Chicago
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- University of Miami
- University of Nebraska-Omaha
- University of North Carolina-Asheville
- University of North Carolina-Charlotte
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Rochester
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas Austin
- University of Washington-Tacoma
- Vanderbilt University
- Vassar College
- Washington University, St Louis
- Wayne State University
- Wellesley College
- Western Washington University
- Whitworth University
- Xavier University of Louisiana
- Yale University
一些大學採取觀望態度
隨著疫情升溫，除了上述三所大學，其他學校則選擇再等一兩週觀察情勢，然後再做出決定。
賓州大學表示，他們將在 12 月 30 日做最後更新，決定是否改採遠端上課。
「我們最關心的仍是校園和當地社區的健康與安全性，正如我們在疫情期間說的那樣，大學已經模擬過許多應對狀況。雖然我們很希望在新學期還能繼續實體課程，但我們還是會監測當地情況，並在必要時刻更改下學期的返校計畫。」賓州大學校長 Eric Barron 說。
南加大則告知學生將在聖誕節前更新校園政策，在一份聲明中，他們說道：「我們發現注射疫苗對於保護學校成員免受病毒侵害至關重要，因此大學很可能在新學期中強制要求，相關公告將在近日公佈。」
