Confederation College is planning for its September semester.
The next school year is still expected to look different than years prior to the coronavirus pandemic.
President Kathleen Lynch says they are still leaning toward a combination of some in-person and online instruction.
“Any technical requirements, health labs, those kinds of things will be face to face,” says Lynch. “Wherever we can do online, so having the professor there teaching you, at the same time you’re at home for any theory courses.”
The college usually draws a significant number of international students. Travel restrictions continue to cast uncertainty on enrollment from individuals outside of Canada.
Many students from India enroll each semester at Confederation College The growing case count in that country has written a different story for the September semester.
“We definitely are being hurt by the border being closed with India because we obviously get a lot of students from India. So that is impacting our enrollment, we were pretty optimistic, but things are changing daily,” says Lynch.
The College president says while enrollment of international students has taken a hit, domestic applications are still rolling in steadily.
