College – learn in summer

Igros Moshe (YD IV 34) Question Is it permitted for a yeshiva student to learn in college in the summer? Answer The issue of college is not a simple matter. Don’t protest about this since it is known that it doesn’t have any influence for many students because of the attitude of the majority of their parents. In addition there are those who go for parnossa while there are others who are not actually learning anything in yeshiva. Nevertheless it is important that every yeshiva student even those already learning in college that it is not a black and white issue to allow college. In contrast in the summer when the students are on vacation and they go to college instead, even if they think this is for good reason that in a relatively short time they can complete a lot and thus have more time to learn in yeshiva. But there are significant problems with college even in the summer such as the large number of women who attend then and are not modestly dressed and this arouses prohibited lust. In addition sometimes the yeshiva is physically very close to the college and this causes unfortunate violations as the result of minimizing sexual sins and this can not be permitted at all. In short the good intent does not outway the problems. Therefore you have done the right thing by prohibiting the yeshiva students from going to summer college. Therefore even those who have reason to go to college should not go in the summer.