Most community colleges are not equipped with enough advisors for the many students that attend. At some universities, the ratio of advisors to students may be one to one hundred, “while ‘at most community colleges, the ratio is more like one for every thousand students’” (Tugend). The City University of New York created a new program to help lower the number of college dropouts. The program offers “a multipronged approach of financial resources and comprehensive student support” (Tugend).…
Today, more and more people are being to question if attaining a degree really worth it or if it is not really needed. The primary reason of going to college is to obtain one’s dream job in the future. College is a stepping stone as it prepares one with academic knowledge in order to succeed in the future. Although, attending a college and receiving a degree does not necessarily guarantee that an individual is going to get a job right after graduation. Many students feel that college is a waste of money because they do not learn what they want to.…
College Drop Outs The experience of switching from high school to a college campus can be very overwhelming for many students in today’s society. A big question amongst many adults is why are some of these students deciding to drop out of college in their first few years? Moving to a four year college right away, instead of attending a community college, partying, feeling like no extra guidance is available, and employment issues all play a role in this.…
Some kids don’t graduate high school because they don’t want to put in the effort to go to school and to try in school. Some kids try their best in school and graduate high school because they wanna be successful. Three reasons why some kids don’t graduate high school is dropping out, choosing not to go, and having a major sickness. Kids are dropping out of high school because their having kids, doing drugs, etc. Kids are dropping out of high school or middle school because they have kids and have to stay home and take care of them.…
The most significant factor to a college is its gradation rate. Community colleges are exploring its options on ways to decrease its drop out and failing rates. In Revamping Community Colleges to Improve Graduation Rates, the author, Alina Tugend, wrote, "Studies show that the traditional way the country’s thousand-plus…
They don’t want to fail – who does? So in order not to fail, they drop out of school all together and try to find something else to do instead, something to be successful at (Tucker). In that case, welcome to: How to Not Drop Out of College 101. College students have devised many ‘tricks of the trade’ as to how to survive on a day to day budget as well as how to even have fun in a ridiculously busy schedule.…
In the 1970s to 1980s, older women, ethnic minorities, displaced workers, and part-time students began enrollment in community colleges. In order to meet the requirements of these fresh students, community…
The high school dropout age is ridiculous; no child should be given the authority to simply drop out of high school at 16. During a full school year 1.2 million student’s just dropout, that’s a student every 26 seconds or 7,000 students a day. On top of that approximately 25% of freshmen fail to graduate on time. These real time numbers are at an all-time high and need to be lowered. These students will only be negatively affected when they reach the real world and see how little accomplishments will occur without a high school diploma.…
Some make the decision to drop out and pursue other life adventures. Others may leave because they lose interest in furthering their education. Sometimes students are withdrawn by college administration for conduct reasons, poor grade point average, or poor attendance. However, the college students who complete college successfully and make it to graduation share some habits that make the odds of being successful work in their favor. Many college students succeed because they make it a priority to attend and involve themselves in class sessions regularly, take control of their education, and nurture relationships with the instructors on their school…
According to “dosomething.org over”,”1.2 million students drop out of school in the united states alone.” The most common job for high school dropouts is McDonalds or any other restaraunt job. They go try to work at a restaraunt job because they know they can 't get a good paying job without a high school diploma. Some people are lucky to even get a job at McDonalds cause some high school dropouts can 't even get a job there now a days without a high school diploma. Teens drop out of school due to pregnancy,gang activity,drugs,bullying, and some say the work get harder.…
Addison emphasizes, “The philosophy of the community college…is one that unconditionally allows its students to begin. Just begin.” (256). The essence of the authors argument is that community colleges do not expect you to already know all your weaknesses and strengths and be able to discern a career from them, instead that is what you are there for; to simply find what you enjoy doing and excel at. In contrast, there is intense pressure within universities from teachers and peers to restrain yourself to a certain area of study in order to succeed.…
College is Not for Everyone Today, more people than ever are attending community colleges and universities. Often, a collegiate degree is a prerequisite to meaningful employment (Pincus, 341). There is even social pressure pushing many to attend. I feel that the university education system has many structural shortcomings, and that institutions of higher learning often do not have students ' best interests at heart.…
Do you know someone who is stressed out over college? I know sometimes I feel like I can’t handle it anymore. I think it would be an excellent idea to have classes that will help you when you’re stressed out or feel like giving up for college students. If mental health classes were included in our tuition or if we had a choice to have it included I believe it would help a lot of students. Having a class that helps students cope with college reasons to show students that they aren’t alone.…
Students attend college with the hopes of becoming successful, ultimately to become successful in their future careers. But, more importantly to be successful in their college journey. Many articles, books and several different sources have spoken about what they believe to be the ways to college success. In these articles the main suggestions to be successful in college were students attending classes regularly, being organized, taking notes and by creating study groups. Also, explaining 7 steps to be successful while attending community college.…
There are many reasons why students fail in college some of them are: lack of motivation, wrong choice of major, lack of time management, and lack of preparation in high school. Lack of motivation is the first main reason of students failing in college. Students don’t like to work hard; they can’t concentrate and thus gave up easily. Students think that college is going to very similar to high school and don’t realize that the amount of work necessary to succeed in college is much more than of high school.…