"Boston University is planning for the possibility that the start of the fall term might need to be delayed until January 2021, “in which case summer 2021 academics would replace those now planned for fall 2020.” BU acknowledged the possibility in announcing the development of a university-wide COVID-19 Recovery Plan and the formation of five working groups focused on questions of remote and online working, graduate and professional programs, undergraduate programs, research, and student residential life.
In an article on its website, BU said the goal of the recovery plan is to define ‘what a residential research university will look like in the early days of the post-pandemic world…Ultimately, the plan seeks answers to such questions as what classes might look like if gatherings are restricted to a limited number of people and how Dining Services could operate without risk of transmitting the coronavirus.’" …
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/12/boston-university-plans-possibility-delayed-fall-term