Dear Editor,
If Vermont schools hadn’t overlooked the current pool of stateside kids looking for a quality Vermont college, enrollment at those places wouldn’t have collapsed as it has. Until college administrators get smart, they’ll have a parade of international students using Vermont as an entryway to America and not for higher learning.
Why weren’t students from northern New England, where I lived for 42 years, and other stateside locations tapped for Vermont’s schools? Why does it seem that Vermont was chasing the elusive — frankly, nonexistent — international students well-versed in English who wanted to stay in Vermont after graduation? In my opinion, that pool doesn’t exist.
Meanwhile, Vermont offers fewer and fewer choices for colleges.
Betty LaChaussee
Boca Raton, Fla.
