Mr. Lewis Purser:

Absolutely. I am sure Covid-19 disrupted some of the outreach activities that were taking place as a matter of course. There is also the lack of knowledge of what it takes to apply, the fact that, as others have outlined, the timelines do not align, and the number of generations that have passed since people had first-hand knowledge of attending a college in the South and vice versa. The importance of guidance is fundamental in getting that back on track. However, even where some quite proactive measures have been taken by prominent institutions, from the data I am looking at, they do not appear to have had any significant effect.