Fall semester will be difficult one for college students

From returning to campus amid the pandemic to balancing children's new school schedules, college students have a lot on their plates to make the fall semester work, says Julie Peller, executive director of Higher Learning Advocates.
Posted 7/15/2020, 12:36:00 AM Updated 7/25/2020, 5:50:19 PM

ON ANSWERS . WHAT WE WILL SEE

>>> THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT

TODAY LARGELY FOCUSES ON K-12

STUDENTS BUT SOME LOCAL

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

WAITED FOR HIS GUIDANCE BEFORE

A OPTING THEIR OWN PLAN.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TIME FOR

JULIE'S WORK.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US .

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME .

>> COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE ALREADY

RETURNING TO CAMPUS, IS THIS

THE RIGHT TIME FOR STUDENTS TO

COME BACK?

BUCK I THINK IT IS A REGIONAL

AND LOCAL CONVERSATION BUT

THERE ARE STEPS THE COLLEGES

AND UNIVERSITIES CAN TAKE TO BE

SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE SAFE .

THERE BALANCING LIFE OUTSIDE OF

BEING A STUDENT .

>> YOU ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS

WHO ARE COMING OUT OF HIGH

SCHOOL AND OLDER STUDENTS WHO

MAY HAVE FAMILIES WHEN THEY

ENTER COLLEGE . THE GOVERNOR

TALKED ABOUT A PLAN WHERE IT IS

PARTIALLY ONLINE AND PARTIALLY

IN PERSON . IF THE UNIVERSITY

WERE TO ADOPT THAT PLAN HOW

DOES THAT AFFECT THE FAMILY

COLLEGE LIFE FOR THAT OLDER

STUDENT STUDENT WHO YOU SAID

HAS CHALLENGES OUTSIDE THE

CLASSROOM .

>> MANY CONVERSATIONS DON'T

ADEQUATELY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT

THAT ALMOST A QUARTER OF

COLLEGE STUDENTS NATIONALLY ARE

PARENTS THEMSELVES . I THINK

THE NAME OF THE GAME THIS FALL,

ESPECIALLY THIS ENTIRE YEAR IS

GOING TO BE FLEXIBILITY .

COLLEGES WILL NEED TO PROVIDE

FLEXIBILITY FOR THOSE STUDENTS

WHO MIGHT HAVE THEIR STUDENTS

AND CHILDREN PARTIALLY AT HOME

AND CAN'T COME TO CAMPUS FOR

CERTAIN DAYS AND THEY WILL JUST

HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM TO FIND

A WAY TO BALANCE SO THAT THE DO

NOT LOSE THEIR OWN SCHOOL AND

CAREER WHILE TRYING TO CARE FOR

THEIR STUDENTS .

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP ROLLBACK

ACTION THAT COULD HAVE HURT

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, WITHOUT

OFF THE TABLE WHAT TROUBLES THE

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ARE

STILL FACING?

>> WE ARE STILL FACING A FEW

TROUBLES . THE DECISION TODAY

GAVE THEM A LOT OF CERTAINTY,

WE COULD SEE A SCENARIO IN

WHICH COLLEGES GO ONLINE

MIDSEMESTER AND THEY WOULD'VE

HAD TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY VERY

QUICKLY SO THIS IS VERY GOOD

NEWS TODAY . HOWEVER, OTHER

GUIDANCE FROM THE

ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN

CONFUSING ABOUT IF STUDENTS ARE

ELIGIBLE FOR EMERGENCY AID

ASSISTANCE THAT WAS GIVEN A FEW

MONTHS AGO WHERE COLLEGES

PROVIDE GRANTS FOR HOUSING,

TRANSPORTATION AND AN INITIAL

GUIDANCE EXCLUDED INTERNATIONAL

STUDENTS FROM THAT . WE EXPECT

THOSE NEEDS WILL CONTINUE IN

THE COMING MONTHS .

>> IT IS IS A DAY FOR ALL OF

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