Jerry Falwell Jr. is inviting some students back to Liberty University amid pandemic, argues he’s 'protecting' them

Jerry Falwell Jr.
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Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. is no stranger to controversy. So it's not a total surprise that he's bucking the trend set by most other universities and inviting students back to campus amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Falwell told The Richmond Times-Dispatch that somewhere between several hundred and 5,000 students — a small percentage of the university's total enrollment — will live in dorms, where they will continue their online classes. Professors are expected to report to campus despite the remote coursework.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.