Re: School Closings
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:34 pm
D3 administrators probably hope that their students still decide to remain enrolled and not take gap years.Wheels wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:27 pmAside from generating a ton of enrollment $$, yes, D3 sports do enhance student experience. D3 administrators probably hope that their athletes still decide to remain enrolled and not take gap years.bauer4429 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:39 pm I certainly hope D1 athletics can start their fall seasons as usual. There’s a big difference between D3 and D1. The most significant difference being the fact D3 does not offer athletic scholarships and are focused on academics. Athletics are just a nice extra curricular activity to enhance your experience. D1 is a whole different ball game.
Excellent management strategy - hope...ICGrad wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 3:27 pmD3 administrators probably hope that their students still decide to remain enrolled and not take gap years.Wheels wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:27 pmAside from generating a ton of enrollment $$, yes, D3 sports do enhance student experience. D3 administrators probably hope that their athletes still decide to remain enrolled and not take gap years.bauer4429 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:39 pm I certainly hope D1 athletics can start their fall seasons as usual. There’s a big difference between D3 and D1. The most significant difference being the fact D3 does not offer athletic scholarships and are focused on academics. Athletics are just a nice extra curricular activity to enhance your experience. D1 is a whole different ball game.
Some schools...not saying Harvard is one because I don't know...are telling students if they want to defer for the gap year that their spot won't be held and will have to reapply again. Other schools are selling "get out faster" kinds of programs to highlight that if you get done in 3 years instead of 4 that you'll get a head start on your career during uncertain times. Don't know if these particular incentives will induce students to deposit, but we'll see.
well, i hope they don't talk to the nc$$. or that is, college presidenrs, so themselves.pcowlax wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:55 pm Obviously understand why kids would want to defer/take a year off but also see why schools would have policies like those just listed. If a massive number of kids defer this year, there will be no spots to admit ‘21s to (I’m not talking lax here, just in general). Can’t really say the way to be fair to one year is to screw over the next.
fewer than 200 in the usa under 24 have died of covid.Can Opener wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:47 pm At this point, there seem to be only two real options. 1. Re-open in full and deal with the consequences. 2. Close the school for a year. There is no way students are receiving real value for these half-a$$ solutions.
#nogoodoptions
Looking at the big picture, past lacrosse, Perhaps this is the push we need for more kids in general to choose high-tech, skilled professions and trades.pcowlax wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:55 pm Obviously understand why kids would want to defer/take a year off but also see why schools would have policies like those just listed. If a massive number of kids defer this year, there will be no spots to admit ‘21s to (I’m not talking lax here, just in general). Can’t really say the way to be fair to one year is to screw over the next.
That would be one salutary outcome of this. This is a topic for a longer post but the number of colleges per capita in the US vs others similar countries is significantly higher, as is the percentage of kids attending. I would never argue against pursing an education but there are an awful lot of schools that admit 90% of applicant and graduate them with a degree that won’t open the door to an outhouse. For many it would indeed be better to forgo the debt and lost years of earning and pursue a trade or tech school, almost guaranteed employment in many fields that are recession and outsourcing proof.kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:14 pmLooking at the big picture, past lacrosse, Perhaps this is the push we need for more kids in general to choose high-tech, skilled professions and trades.pcowlax wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:55 pm Obviously understand why kids would want to defer/take a year off but also see why schools would have policies like those just listed. If a massive number of kids defer this year, there will be no spots to admit ‘21s to (I’m not talking lax here, just in general). Can’t really say the way to be fair to one year is to screw over the next.
There are a ton of trade programs all across the country. Nobody is stopping kids from going. My admin assistant’s two boys went the trade route. They started in H.S. Plenty of kids do it. There is no shortage of schools or candidates....what there is a shortage of is jobs here.pcowlax wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:55 pmThat would be one salutary outcome of this. This is a topic for a longer post but the number of colleges per capita in the US vs others similar countries is significantly higher, as is the percentage of kids attending. I would never argue against pursing an education but there are an awful lot of schools that admit 90% of applicant and graduate them with a degree that won’t open the door to an outhouse. For many it would indeed be better to forgo the debt and lost years of earning and pursue a trade or tech school, almost guaranteed employment in many fields that are recession and outsourcing proof.kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:14 pmLooking at the big picture, past lacrosse, Perhaps this is the push we need for more kids in general to choose high-tech, skilled professions and trades.pcowlax wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:55 pm Obviously understand why kids would want to defer/take a year off but also see why schools would have policies like those just listed. If a massive number of kids defer this year, there will be no spots to admit ‘21s to (I’m not talking lax here, just in general). Can’t really say the way to be fair to one year is to screw over the next.
https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... ewsom-sayswgdsr wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:05 pmfewer than 200 in the usa under 24 have died of covid.Can Opener wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:47 pm At this point, there seem to be only two real options. 1. Re-open in full and deal with the consequences. 2. Close the school for a year. There is no way students are receiving real value for these half-a$$ solutions.
#nogoodoptions