This is not great news for anyone.
Note this key sentence: “Those students whose programs ended early or were suspended last year due to COVID-19 are being asked to reapply.”
There are at least 20 former castmembers who worked in management positions for the DCP (about 80% of the management crew) who were canned by Disney who have not been rehired- or even been contacted with the prospect of being rehired. I know one of them personally. They also have not rehired 100+ other CM’s who worked screening and training the applicants.
What they do have is a few thousand college kids