Tacoma Community College launched a marketing campaign at the beginning of December to inform the members of the local community and potential students who would offer an instruction more in person on campus during the winter neighborhood of this year. A full third of the classes would have a face-to-face component, almost two years after the majority of the US universities UU The country, and the leaders of the State Institution of Washington decided quickly to move most of the Online classes
Marissa Schlesinger, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at school, said it was quickly clear that the movement was necessary. When he looked at the Covid-19 boards board from the University a week in the winter neighborhood, eight people on campus had tried positive in the last two weeks, they did not even count the cases that were discovered outside the campus during the break. Schlesinger described the event time as "a hiccup" in the marketing campaign to recruit students after college experienced losses of registration during the pandemic. But that optimistic opinion is in contrast to the challenging registration decreases in the middle of the pandemic. The student's head count fell in the autumn of 2020, since the registration was reduced to 6,424 students from 7,461 in the autumn of 2019. Classes are scheduled to return to teaching in person 18 from January. "We'll just rolling with the blows," Schlesinger said. "We are committed to our students above all." googleg.cmd.push (function () googleg.display ("dfp-ad-article_in_article");); The goal is to keep current students, without infections and, simultaneously, sign up and retain "so many students we can," she said. Community college leaders across the country are doing the same mental types. Calculation, since they quickly adjusted their plans for winter or spring terms, at the same time they try to measure the risks of keeping the campuses open, and the costs of closing them. Many universities are changing some or all of their online courses during the first weeks of the semester, which presses its startup dates or impose stricter security protocols. "Everyone is struggling, trying to have a strategic plan for how to respond when the students come back in case of the disease," said Gerri Taylor, co-chair of the Task Force Covid-19 From the Health Association of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the Universidad. She said that the absence of bedrooms in most community universities means a less space where students can congregate and become infected with the coronavirus. But your trips between campuses and their homes and workplaces can also spread the virus. Community colleges also have the challenge of responding to Omicron while trying to carve The Exodus of the students. Registration in Community universities has fallen sharply since the pandemic began, by 14.8 percent between the autumn of 2019 and the fall of 2021, according to the data of the Clearinghouse National Student Clearinghouse research center. "Registration is always a concern," said Betsy Libby, president of Central Maine Community College. "But nobody was going to be successful or retained if the campus was not sure." " Campus leaders say they are trying to balance security safety protocols with retention students who are disproportionately low-income background, first generation of college students, color students and Adults workers with children and other fa. Related stories
