On April 6, Marybeth Murphy announced to the Stevens community that the summer Pre-College Program for high school students was cancelled. Murphy, the Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs at Stevens, wrote that “[m]any of our summer 2020 programs […] cannot be transitioned on-line,” and would have to be cancelled.
The Stevens Pre-College Programs previously offered high school students the opportunity to experience a microcosm of college life. Stevens offers more than 10 different program areas, and the programs last one or two weeks each. Most programs are held in July, but some occur in June.
The announcement came alongside a slew of other cancellations and postponements due to the ongoing pandemic. Many other American universities, including Harvard University and Brown University, have also cancelled their pre-college programs; some colleges, such as Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Mississippi, will hold online pre-college programming.
The Pre-College Programs have historically served as an important component of the Stevens admissions process, and these programs are usually the first in-classroom college experience that prospective students have. While the announcement on the official Pre-College Programs website says that interested students should contact the university with any questions about visiting Stevens, it is unclear if the Pre-College Programs have a future while the pandemic remains widespread.
So far, no announcement has been made regarding the status of Pre-Orientation, which normally takes place in late August.
While the Pre-College Programs for high school students have been cancelled outright, other Stevens programs have moved online. Notably, the Maritime Security Center, a United States Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate Center of Excellence led by Stevens, has moved its summer research program online.
Be First to Comment