None of my friends are saying their kids will be taking leaves or otherwise walking away from the next school term. WHERE they are going to be in the fall - on campus, off campus, or home - is another story. I would guess they will be back on/near campus (UC, private local, OOS public) doing the learning however they are planning to do it at their respective schools.
I do know a gal who’s deferring her master’s a year because 1) it’s a year program, so possibly a remote experience in its entirety, and 2) she is currently working full-time in her field and CAN defer. In this case, I would have made the same decision.
The economic hit experts are predicting for college grads (putting them back 5-10 years in income, etc.) will be due in part to students pushing out graduation with leaves or deferments or simply walking away from higher education entirely. Something to think about.