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HiI'm Carl Azuz for CNN 10. We're more
than a year now
into the coveted pandemic's impact on
the united states
and the ripple effects continue to
spread into many facets of american life
for instance college enrollment today's
show starts with a look at how
overall it continues to decrease last
fall there was a 3.3 percent drop in the
number of students enrolling in higher
education
as compared with fall 2019 and this
spring
preliminary data suggests there's going
to be a 2.9 percent decrease from spring
2020.
this is all according to the national
student clearinghouse
an organization that keeps track of
higher education enrollment in the
united states
one thing to note here is that graduate
enrollment this is among students who
already have a four-year degree and are
studying for something more advanced
that has reportedly increased by 4.3
percent this spring
as compared with last but there are
fewer graduate students than there are
undergraduate students
so the drop in undergrads dragged down
overall enrollment
a researcher with the national student
clearinghouse says this is undoubtedly
an effect of the pandemic
and an executive director with the
organization says it's too early to tell
if the decrease will continue into this
fall one specific reason for all this
could be the lack of the full college
experience
traditional schools that switch to
virtual learning for the pandemic
risk losing interest among students who
want in-person instruction
and unrestricted campus life schools
that focused on online learning before
the pandemic hit
actually saw their numbers grow last
fall but community colleges have been
hit
hardest by the enrollment decline and
researchers say that suggests the
pandemic's economic effects
are a major reason for the decrease
we're very aware of what high school
students are going through for aspiring
college students
the application process like so much
else this past year
has been challenging you really felt it
things that they
thought they were just going to have on
their resume or you know positions that
they thought they were going to be able
to have or even their class their grades
the devastation of not being able to
finish what they thought they were going
to be able to present to us
many of the usual steps like working
with high school counselors visiting
campusesand in-person interviews were made
nearly impossible by pandemic related
restrictions
in an effort to make things easier many
colleges have made standardized testing
like the sats
optional the result a double-digit surge
in students applying to some selective
colleges like nyu
what has this experience been like for
you when you see the number
crest a hundred thousand i think i
my stomach did just do a little a little
flip and say wow now i've entered a
whole new world
and i thought oh dear lord how are we
going to get through all of this
harvard university reported a 42 percent
increase in applications
the university of virginia saw an almost
17 percent
increase and colgate university received
more than double the applications this
year than it did last year
they're trying to put their best foot
forward in a way that they think might
have a school
give them a chance when they wouldn't
have in the past
these eye-popping numbers are the
exception though
our enrollment was down about 10 percent
in the fall
and it's down about 18 percent in the
spring at middlesex community college in
massachusetts where 40 percent of those
attending are first generation college
studentsofficials did everything they could to
get students enrolled
we extended registration deadlines
we forgave as much debt as we could
afford to do for students
we allowed students longer time to pay
off
any expenses they had from previous
semesters
fewer students also means less tuition
straining budgets that were already
under pressure before the pandemic
which disproportionately affected low
income students
and students of color a lot of our
students they are struggling
economically
they've been out of work for some time
and many of them are just struggling to
put food on the table
ten-second trivia which of these famous
stories
is the oldest my fair lady phantom of
the opera chicago or mary poppins
phantom of the opera first appeared as a
serial publication in 1910 the play and
musical came later
how much later the phantom of the opera
musical made its debut on broadway in
1988
but that famous street in new york city
has been hosting plays for live
audiences since the 1700s
and while it's been shut down several
times in the past broadway hasn't gone
dark for a year
since the revolutionary war even during
the much deadlier spanish flu pandemic
of 1918 to 1919
broadway stayed open there are more than
40 theaters along the great white way as
it became known for the electric white
marquee lights above theater entrances
there are many other off-broadway
theaters that have fewer seats but are
still popular
an estimated 97 000 jobs were lost when
broadway
closed last year and it's not known yet
when the lights will go on again
when they closed the theaters in march
of last year
no one really expected they would be
shutfor so long but now as the anniversary
passesand with no date in sight for reopening
broadway and all the theaters around
42nd street but as if time has stood
still
philip bursch the ceo of playbill says
it's created a lost generation of talent
on broadway
there is no one working in these theater
except the maintenance people keep
maintaining them and keeping them ready
to reopen but broadway
is in complete ice
and how are they surviving some are not
i think that there's probably a whole
of swash of people who are now leaving
new york they're
back in their parents basements and
patiently waiting for broadway to reopen
the pandemic tamped out a broadway that
was booming
ticket sales had never been higher now
these theaters are figuring out
how to reopen safely economically
can you open these theaters and can you
have productions
with 30 capacity it's not possible
broadway is a very low margin business
on many levels
it is very expensive very
labor-intensive very talented people
will have to be paid well broadway will
open at 100
or it probably will not be able to open
at all
tomorrow annie sings the sun will come
out tomorrow and philip bursch says
you can bet your bottom dollar the
theaters in new york
will thrive once again broadway is the
heart of new york city
and when broadway reopens it will send a
national and international signal to the
worldthat the pandemic has been beaten
a historic snowstorm pummeled the
rockies from wyoming to colorado
snarling traffic on the interstates in
fact closing parts of 25
70 and 76 in and out of the denver metro
region denver international airport
recorded 27.1 inches of snow
that is their fourth largest snowstorm
ever recorded and in cheyenne wyoming
they had over 36 inches of snow that is
a record two-day snowfall total for them
the snow was so intense over the course
of the weekend that coveted vaccination
sites and clinics
were canceled blizzard conditions
gripped the state
made travel impossible for local
residents here
you can imagine the avalanche threat is
considerable that will continue for the
days to come as the snowpack continues
to settle
it'll be days before we completely dig
out of this massive historic snowstorm
a beautiful site but definitely hidden
dangers within
all of this natural wonder
for our last story today there's a newly
opened hotel in china that says whether
you're eating playing or sleeping
polar bears will keep you company this
is said to be the world's first
polar bear hotel rooms range in price
from 300 to 350 dollars per night
and the hotel promises visitors will be
able to see the animals round the clock
from its 21 guest rooms
animal rights activists suppose this
venue saying polar bears don't belong in
zoos or hotels
a spokeswoman for the hotel says the
indoor enclosure is only part of the
animal's habitat
and that they're allowed to roam outside
when the temperature and air quality
allow
the hotel says it's fully booked through
its trial period
some might check out at the idea of
sleeping near a polar bear bed and
breakfast sounds more appetizing when
you're not the breakfast
but others will be quick to earth sign
their names on the register they'll want
to stay in go
tell they got into the hotel and their
friends reactions are sure to be
polarizing
I'm Carl Azuz with some ursa majorly bad
puns on CNN 10.
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