Texas A&M-Galveston Students Relocated to College Station
The 1,200 students at Texas A&M-Galveston have been relocated to the school's flagship campus in College Station, likely for the rest of the semester, the Houston Chronicle reports. Although the Galveston campus itself did not suffer much damage, the entire island remains without power or city services.
A&M officials plan to hold Galveston classes at night and on weekends, as well as combine with College Station courses. Housing is already a tight squeeze, but students from Galveston—whose main attraction is its ocean-related programs—may be longing for something else besides space: College Station is 125 miles inland.
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Families taking classes at TAMU Galveston
My concern is for the students who have families and homes in the Galveston area. Will housing, food, travel, and child care be taken into consideration? Is it not possible to postpone the semester and freeze tuition that has been paid? If students are unable to commute and it is not practical to take classes and labs online, what is there hope? Lose money? Lose credit?
Freeze the semester. Allow them to take up where they left off when the island is up and running again. Not all college students are single, wealthy, and dorm students.
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