The all-time worst planning in the history of higher education is playing out around us, one frat party and apartment kegger at a time. Bringing college students back to campus after being away from many of their friends since last March—who could have known they would be unstoppably social, pandemic be damned?

The recoil on this epic miscalculation has begun, with schools shutting down in-person classes in a number of locations. (Unless, of course, it was fully calculated, and universities wanted to get all the housing and tuition money they can before being forced to close classrooms.) Now schools are trying to crack down on irresponsible behavior: Connecticut kicked some students out of dorms, and other universities have threatened disciplinary action as well.