Interesting perspective on how universities should plan to reopen in fall. I was reading earlier about some students who want to take a gap year if they cannot return in the new academic year. That is logical in some sense.
Having to pay for a college experience that they are not going to have does seem futile. But breaking off somewhere in-between a undergrad program to do something else is risky specially if it becomes hard to get gainfully employed during that time or find other ways to learn useful skills.
In the absence of those options a kid is likely to drop-out which would be a loss for both them and their college. The idea of somehow making it work while accepting some degree of risk is something a lot of kids would welcome. They would much rather be in college and on their path to freedom and independence than not. There is something to be said for the resilience of youth - they would be able to adjust to the new reality much better than the rest of the population. Seems like they should be given that chance specially if it can be done without endangering anyone.
Having to pay for a college experience that they are not going to have does seem futile. But breaking off somewhere in-between a undergrad program to do something else is risky specially if it becomes hard to get gainfully employed during that time or find other ways to learn useful skills.
In the absence of those options a kid is likely to drop-out which would be a loss for both them and their college. The idea of somehow making it work while accepting some degree of risk is something a lot of kids would welcome. They would much rather be in college and on their path to freedom and independence than not. There is something to be said for the resilience of youth - they would be able to adjust to the new reality much better than the rest of the population. Seems like they should be given that chance specially if it can be done without endangering anyone.
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