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Students walk on campus at the University of South Carolina, which will open fully in person this fall.
Good news about the COVID-19 vaccine couldn’t have come at a better time for college admissions officers. Dozens of colleges and universities have recently announced that they’ll be open in person this fall after waiting weeks or months to go public with fall plans.
Colleges fall announcements started a few weeks ago as vaccination rates began to pick up, but student inboxes and news sites have been flooded with fall reopening news this month, due in part to the ongoing admissions season. Experts call March and April prime yield season, during which colleges and universities work tirelessly to build a strong incoming class. After a year of exhausting transitions, students are looking for certainty and normalcy, and promising those things could give institutions a leg up as admitted students decide where to enroll.
Mississippi community colleges are the most cost effective post-secondary education that offers a direct pathway into a career, said Dr. Andrea Mayfield, executive director, Mississippi Community College Board.Â
âAnd that is important,â Mayfield said. âNobody wants to finish college at any level owing a lot of money and not having any real job prospects. That is something our state really canât afford.â
Mayfield said at the community and junior colleges, affordability is a priority. And community colleges are open-access institutions meaning regardless of how much education you have had in the past, there are opportunities available.Â
âSay you didnât finish high school,â Mayfield said. âCommunity colleges offer a pathway to earn high school equivalency while simultaneously learning a skill in career and technical education pathways. Maybe you attended a four-year university and you canât find a job with your degree. Community
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University of Mississippi students take a class in Tad Smith Coliseum. With COVID-19 vaccinations on the rise and the number of positive virus cases falling, college campuses throughout Northeast Mississippi will likely return to traditional in-class courses this fall. In some cases, without masks, school officials say.
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