I encourage some of our students to start out part time and ease into it. They have a lot of responsibilities with families and jobs.

Twenty-five percent of our applicants are pursuing an associate's in nursing. The program is selective and students have to go through a lot to get accepted.

Not everyone who applies and gets accepted to the school chooses to attend.

They were immediately told to gather in the cafeteria and then led out of the building. Most of the students, though, never made it in the door. They were stopped outside and directed by staff to an off-site gathering area.

It's unfortunate that before we even arrived at the meeting place yesterday, the students who called for the meeting had announced another public protest. It felt like they were more interested in getting publicity for themselves than they were in hearing if any real progress could be made or an agreement could be established.

It's one thing to demonstrate on campus with students and faculty and quite another when it comes to disrupting medical facilities.