The surge in applications has made it harder for some students to land a spot at elite colleges, which have seen acceptance rates hit a"record low,"The overall enrollment uptick college-wide indicates that incoming freshmen were preparing for a more normal semester as colleges planned to reopen their campuses come fall. But the start of school comes at a time when thet is running rampant across the US, which is creating another wave of uncertainty in regards to student life.
"The Delta variant is the wild card all of higher ed is watching now," Laurie Leshin, president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and leader of the Massachusetts Higher Education Working Group,."University COVID response teams across the state are actively tracking and planning for a variety of scenarios."
Colleges have been employing a variety of safety strategies, the Boston Globe reported, from mandating vaccines and wearing masks indoors to staggering move-ins and limiting outside visitors in dorms. It seems then that incentivizing students to live off-campus may not just solve a logistical problem, but also help create a safer environment.Subscribe to push notifications
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