Local colleges urging students studying abroad to come home

Local colleges urging students studying abroad to come home

IS WORKING QUICKLYTO INCREASE THATNUMBER.MEANTIME -CORONAVIRUSCONCERNS AREMOUNTING FORCOLLEGES WITHSTUDENTS STUDYINGABROAD.... AND AS 7EYEWITNESSREPORTER GILATMELAMED SHOWS US-- SOME SCHOOLS AREURGING STUDENTS TOCOME HOME.SHOULD COLLEGESTUDENTS STUDYINGABROAD RETURNHOME DUE TO THESPREADING OF THECORONAVIRUS?"IT'S A DECISION THATTHEY AND THEIRPARENTS HAVE TOMAKE."CANISIUS COLLEGESAYS ITS STRONGLYRECOMMENDINGSTUDENTS ABROADRETURN HOMEIMMEDIATELY.BUT IS NMANDATINGSTUDENTS RETURN.THE APPROXIMATELY25 STUDENTS ABROARE AT PROGRAMSRUN THROUGH OTHERUNIVERSITIES."IF WE CONTROLLETHE SITE ABROAD WEWOULD CLOSE DOWNTHE PROGRAM ANDSEND THEM HOME AIN FACT SOME OF OURJESUIT PEERS HAVECLOSED THE PROGRAMAND DONE JUST THAT."CANISIUS SAYS ITALYIS THE ONLY CDC RILEVEL 3 OR 4COUNTRY WHERESTUDENTS ARECURRENTLYSTUDYING.THE SCHOOLCANCELLED SPRINGBREAK TRIPS TO ITALYAND GERMANY.THE COLLEGE SAYSITS REACHED OUTALL STUDENTS WHOARE ABROAD ANDTHEIR PARENTS."WE'VE RECEIVEDRESPONSES FROMTWO STUDENTS SO FARBOTH STUDENTS HAVEINDICATED THEYWOULD PREFER TOREMAIN WHERETHEY'RE AT AND THEPARENTS I'VE SPOKENWITH, IVE TALKED TO ANUMBER OF OURPARENTS ARE KIND OFDEFERRING TO THEIRSONS OR THEIRDAUGHTERS."THE COLLEGE SAYSNO STUDENTS WILLNEED AN EXTRASEMESTER IF THEYLEAVE THEIR STUDABROAD PROGRAM."THE CHALLENGE ISBALNCING THECONCERN FOR THEHEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OURSTUDENTS WITH OURUNDERSTANDING ANDCOMMITMENT THATTHESE ARE VERYVALUABLEEDUCAITONALEXPERIENCES."UNIVERSITIES ALLACROSS NEW YORKARE MAKING SIMILIARDECISIONS.NIAGARA UNIVERSITYSAYS IT SENT HOMEONE STUDENT IT HADIN SOUTH KOREA.IT IS MONITIORINGSTUDENTS IN OTHERCOUNTRIES, ANDCANCELLED IT'SFACULTY TRIP TONORTHERN ITALY.GOVERNOR CUOMOSAYS SUNY SCHOOLSARE SENDINGSTUDENTS HOME WHOARE ABROAD IN HIGHRISK COUNTRIES.A UNIVERSITY ATBUFFALO OFFICIALTELLS ME HE'S INMEETING RIGHT NOWDISCUSSING THESTATUS OF SUNY'SOTHER STUDYABROAD PROGRAMS.GOVERNOR CUOMOSAYS A DECISION ISEXPECTED LATERTODAY.