WELL, WHAT DOES THE FUTURE
HOLD FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN A
POST COVID WORLD. HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THE
PANDEMIC ON COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
AND MORE INTERIM CHANCELLOR OF
UMASS DARTMOUTH DOCTOR MARK
FULLER. DOCTOR, THANK YOU FOR
TAKING THE TIME.
BUT 100.
I WANTED TO START OFF BY
TALKING ABOUT ADMISSIONS. WHAT
IMPACT HAS COVID HAD ON THE
APPLYING TO UMASS DARTMOUTH.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S INTERESTING
IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING
A RESURGENCE OF ALL OF THE
CAMPUS IS REALLY TO ENROLL AS
WE EXPECT TO BE RETURNING PRE
PANDEMIC LEVELS IF YOU WILL,
IN PERSON STUDENT POPULATIONS
FOR THE FALL.
THAT IS CERTAINLY GOOD
NEWS. COULD YOU JUST SORT OF
TAKE ME BACK TO THIS TIME AND
IN 2020. WHAT WERE YOU SEEING
LAST YEAR AS WE STARTED TO
NAVIGATE HOW THIS PANDEMIC WAS
GOING TO IMPACT ALL OF US,
PARTICULARLY STUDENTS ON
COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
THERE WAS SO MUCH
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HOW WE WERE
GOING TO DEAL WITH THE VARIOUS
FACETS OF THE EXPERIENCE NOT
CLEARLY WE WERE VERY WHAT SOME
ALL OF THE DRESSING WE JUST
LIKE WE'RE DOING RIGHT YOU
KNOW, WAYS TO DO REMOTE AS
MANY UNIVERSITIES DID ACROSS
THE NATION. THERE'S REALLY NO
SUBSTITUTE FOR MANY OF THE
ASPECTS OF THE IN-PERSON
LEARNING EXPERIENCE. AND SO
LAST YEAR, EVEN THOUGH ALL OF
THE UNIVERSITIES NATIONALLY
DID I THINK A GREAT JOB TRYING
TO DELIVER THE INVOCATION
DURING PANDEMIC. IT ISN'T THE
SAME. AND SO WE'RE VERY
EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO GET
STUDENTS BACK ON CAMPUS SAFELY
PERSON LEARNING EXPERIENCES.
I UNDERSTAND UMASS HAS MADE
THE DECISION TO REQUIRE
VACCINATION FOR STUDENTS AND
FACULTY RETURNING TO CAMPUS
THIS FALL. IS THAT BECAUSE YOU
REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU CAN HAVE THAT SAFE
IN-PERSON LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
YEAH, WE'RE REQUIRING ALL
STUDENTS TO GET VACCINATED
BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO HAVE
THAT SORT OF LEARNING
EXPERIENCE. AND YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY FOLLOWING
SCIENCE VACCINATION THROUGH
THE WAY TO MAKE HAPPEN.
WE'RE VERY CAREFUL TO
FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH DONE
EXCELLENT JOB HERE.
WITH OUR OWN HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IN COOPERATING WITH
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS
ARE INNOCENT. BRADY HAS BEEN
MUCH LOWER ACTUALLY THAT IN
READING THAT WE'RE IN. AND SO
WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT
WE'LL BE ABLE TO OFFER A SAFE
LEARNING EXPERIENCE AGAIN,
SCIENCE.
ON THE TOPIC OF ADMISSIONS.
YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THIS
SUNDAY CALLED INSTANT DECISION
DAY FOR THOSE OF US WHO MIGHT
NOT HAVE HEARD OF IT,
INCLUDING MYSELF. CAN YOU TELL
US WHAT IT IS AND WHY UMASS
HAS CHOSEN TO DO THIS.
WELL, NOT ALL THAT
SURPRISING THAT YOU HAVEN'T
HEARD ABOUT IT BECAUSE THIS IS
ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME THIS
YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE INSTANT
DECISION DAYS. WELL, AND SO
THIS IS OUR SECOND ONE WAS IN
APRIL AND AS A PERSON LIKE
DAUGHTER IS ACTUALLY SENIOR IN
HIGH SCHOOL IS DOING THE SAME
COLLEGE CHOOSING PROCESS. MANY
FAMILIES AND STUDENTS ARE
DOING OR WHY YOU MISS AND
THINK THE PANDEMIC IS
OBVIOUSLY, BUT A BIT OF A ON
THE STATE'S ABILITIES TO
WE'RE DOING CAMPUS TOURS AND
WE DO HAVE SMALL GROUPS COMING
THROUGH AND THAT HAS
HAPPENING. WE WANT TO BE
FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE
WE KNOW WE'RE SUCH AN ECONOMIC
ENGINE OF CHANGE FOR STUDENTS
AND HAVE SUCH AN ON YOUNG
POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES TO GET ACCESS TO THIS
GREAT UNIVERSITY. AND SO
THAT'S DECISION TO HER ALLOWS
STUDENTS TO COME IN. GETTING
IN IN BASICALLY GET THAT SAME
DAY GETTING THAT IN THAT SAME
DAY FINANCIAL A DECISION THAT
SAME DAY IT'S ALMOST A
ONE-STOP TRYING FACILITATE ICE
HALFWAY INTO THE UNIVERSITY.
THAT IS PRETTY COOL. DO YOU
KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS WILL BE
ADMITTED ON SUNDAY.
WE'RE NOT SURE YET. WE A
RECESSION THAT WE READ THAT
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN APRIL
TRY TO KEEP REASONABLY SMALL
SO THEY CAN TALK TO THE
POSSESSION. WE ANTICIPATE
ANOTHER 30 ON STUDENTS THERE
IN THE ADMISSION. COUNSELORS
MEET AND TALK WITH EACH OF
THOSE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T RUN ONE.
THIS IS CERTAINLY WITH 300
PEOPLE. AND SO WE DO TRY TO
KEEP MORGANTON.
INTERIM CHANCELLOR OF US.
START WITH DOCTOR MARK FULLER,