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Wednesday, March 18, 2020
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What are the odds that students will return to your campus in the fall?
To my campus - probably pretty high. To actual study? I am not so confident. Even minor disruptions in the schedule seem to throw them off balance / reduce their ability to focus. I do sympathize, though. This is what a meeting in the middle of an otherwise potentially productive day does to me.
I think you're right. As disruptive as this semester is, by the end of it, the vast majority of them will have received the same number of credits they would have without the virus. Some may drop a course because of difficulties with adjusting to remote learning or because they contract the virus themselves and struggle with it. The odds don't favor it for that age group, but the chances aren't zero.
When this pass (and it will), I don't think they'll want to stop their education. Finances will figure in for some, as many will have parents who lost their jobs for some time and they may not be able to afford it, as you note. I expect increased aid from the schools that are able to afford it. But we know that many of the smaller schools are themselves struggling.
OT - all the best those who make the site happen and the readers. Stay healthy!
Dr. Jekyll: Based on the current projections of the spread of COVID-19, yes, I think they'll be back, but... Prof. Hyde: ... I think we'll see an unusually high amount of transfers this summer. This includes Chinese students, who may transfer back home . Some colleges may not survive the financial hit from coronavirus. Dr. Jekyll: So, they'll be back, but it will be different.
I have the "luxury" of working at a Florida state college. We are always a bargain,and enrollment is high, even when we have dips. Another "luxury" is that with so many adjuncts, to my knowledge we have never laid off a FT professor due to lack of demand within Gen Ed courses (I recall in the distant past that we did terminate a program, and the local university gutted some LAS programs about 10 years ago). Less favored adjuncts, however, may find themselves at no or reduced loads. It's a lousy system built on PT labor, but it certainly works to maintain the institution.
To my campus - probably pretty high. To actual study? I am not so confident. Even minor disruptions in the schedule seem to throw them off balance / reduce their ability to focus.
ReplyDeleteI do sympathize, though. This is what a meeting in the middle of an otherwise potentially productive day does to me.
Assuming the outbreak is limited and risk is much lower, extremely high. Some may not be able to afford college, but I expect increased aid for them.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right. As disruptive as this semester is, by the end of it, the vast majority of them will have received the same number of credits they would have without the virus. Some may drop a course because of difficulties with adjusting to remote learning or because they contract the virus themselves and struggle with it. The odds don't favor it for that age group, but the chances aren't zero.
DeleteWhen this pass (and it will), I don't think they'll want to stop their education. Finances will figure in for some, as many will have parents who lost their jobs for some time and they may not be able to afford it, as you note. I expect increased aid from the schools that are able to afford it. But we know that many of the smaller schools are themselves struggling.
OT - all the best those who make the site happen and the readers. Stay healthy!
Dr. Jekyll: Based on the current projections of the spread of COVID-19, yes, I think they'll be back, but...
ReplyDeleteProf. Hyde: ... I think we'll see an unusually high amount of transfers this summer. This includes Chinese students, who may transfer back home . Some colleges may not survive the financial hit from coronavirus.
Dr. Jekyll: So, they'll be back, but it will be different.
I have the "luxury" of working at a Florida state college. We are always a bargain,and enrollment is high, even when we have dips. Another "luxury" is that with so many adjuncts, to my knowledge we have never laid off a FT professor due to lack of demand within Gen Ed courses (I recall in the distant past that we did terminate a program, and the local university gutted some LAS programs about 10 years ago). Less favored adjuncts, however, may find themselves at no or reduced loads. It's a lousy system built on PT labor, but it certainly works to maintain the institution.
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