Community colleges are relatively less expensive compared to campuses and usually were founded to help students from poor backgrounds access the same services as students in other campuses. The degrees offered in community colleges are aimed at training students to meet employer requirements. Community colleges are significantly improving their graduation rates. When the proposal about offering free tuition in community colleges it was aimed at benefiting the whole nation. The program was to increase accessibility to college education.…
I chose to go to a community college because I wanted to help my family save some money and I wasn’t ready to move away just…
Most students who goes to community colleges has a part time job so they can support themselves and their family at the same time. Over time, they may drop out because their family needs them at home or can no longer pay off for college while paying for the essentials at home because they must pay back the unsubsidized…
Anaisha Murray Mr. King ENGL 101-029 February 3rd, 2014 Is College Worth the Cost? Many people argue that college is not worth the cost. Some individuals say that college is too expensive and when they graduate they are not able to find a job with their degrees. People also say that college is not worth the amount of money they have to pay back in loans after they graduate. Those are all points stated in Rodney K. Smith’s essay…
Community college provides many benefits for those who are less fortunate. In the documentary, “Discount Dreams” it talks about community colleges and the advantages and disadvantages. It also gives some examples of a few people and how community colleges intertwine in their life. Community colleges have technical areas where people can go into and learn about the career field they want to study. Community college is a second opportunity for people across the states to get a chance at what they could not have before.…
Community colleges are a great place to start your higher education. Although this is true, many people don’t think highly of community colleges, and think that someone who wants to do something big should go to a four-year college or university. I personally experienced the bias towards community colleges because a four-year college is “more prestigious and gives higher quality education and degrees”. I want to become an equine vet, and everyone knew that. Living in California, I was pushed and pushed to go straight to UC Davis.…
I personally think that community college is not easy and I can't even imagine how hard a University may be as well. In college we face a bunch of hard obstacles, challenges, stress, and even wanting to give up easily, but we have to keep our heads up. Based on the article, “5 Pressing Issues Facing Community College Students Today” there are quite a lot of issues students face when attending a community college. For example, the tuition, even though is just two years it’s still expensive.…
Many Students are choosing to attend community colleges due to the rising costs of a secondary education, but what many students do not realize is that many community colleges still have problems. In Redesigning America’s Community Colleges, the authors discuss how community colleges create an environment of confusion for students because of the “cafeteria style” model. Students around McLennan Community College’s campus. The survey asked how each student defined success, what barriers they encountered on campus, how they could overcome those barriers, and suggestions for the college to make improvements. When students struggle, McLennan does their best to help students with new initiatives.…
“One population ends up pushing out anther” said Siqueiros. A community college is mainly for those students who cant afford a four year university right after high school as well as those who don’t have the best grades. Therefore if he students who are able to attend a four year prefer to attend a community because its free its just affecting the learning abilities of the students.lowering the price or making it free “can nudge students to attend lower-quality…
There are copious benefits due to America’s College Promise Act. Community college’s offer education to every type of student, especially those who are working full time, need remedial courses and have families. Community colleges are often viewed as welcoming to students who have been out of school for a number of years and are attempting to start a new career. A recent economic study showed that community college graduates make ten thousand more a year than students with just a high school diploma (Where Value Meets Value, 2014). The unemployment rate is twenty-five percent lower for those with an associate degree than for those that have only graduated from high school (Goldrick-Rab and Kelly, 2016).…
I realized that going through the same experience while applying to colleges, going to a community college would be a better choice for me simply because I would not have to pay anything whereas in a University I would have to stress about ways to pay off my debt and loan. I believe that in a time where every student is faced with the pressure of going to college, the best way to go if going to a University is too expensive, there is always the best alternative where you don’t feel so pressured and stressed and can enjoy your education…
To tell you the truth the reason, the reason I chose El Camino in as the Community College to go to was mostly because it was highly recommended by my mother. She has been putting it in my head since middle school that when I finally graduated out of high school I will go to El Camino. The other reason was that; it's near me, It has the most basic of routes when diving there, like most of the programs are in there especially when I used to have this brief notion that I would want to be a nurse. But as I grew I chose a higher position and for that would mean years of schooling which with my financial struggle, would be too much for it to be done and one go so, the most logical and easiest choices that I've made was to go to a community college…
Community Colleges offering 4-year degrees Introduction In this paper, I will be discussing the current trend of 2-year community colleges offering bachelor degrees. Community colleges begin adding bachelor degree programs in the early 2000’s. This shift started when community colleges notice that their community fell behind the state average for 4- year degree holders. Also, many of the communities were hit-hard economically with layoffs and closings.…
Just like me, thousands of international students as well as local students are benefitted by the affordable price, simple requirements for admission, and tremendous options and opportunities of community college. Though I belong to engineering field back in my country, I was able to switch to IT field and many of those grades were easily transferred to a community college which saves both time and money. At the moment I have an Associate degree and employed in an IT field as well. This would not have been possible in the absence of community college. The most interesting thing is, for my Bachelors degree I am taking only core course at Western Kentucky University while taking other general courses at community college in a very cheap price comparing to WKU, which is about 3 times more expensive.…
Choosing a community college vs. a university is simply a matter of determining your educational needs and what you need to expect to accomplish from the school. Maybe you are an upcoming freshmen, and not sure whether in going to 2- year college or a 4- year college. Where you can pick a two- year college, and may not be able to experience a life you cannot have in a university. Although both, universities and community colleges serve the same purpose, the two are very different. From, finance, to class sizes compared to fit around 15-20 students, and the convenience each school has.…