California Community Colleges System

A controversy in this year’s election is the price of college tuition. As stated by procon.org, Donald Trump has said that universities shouldn’t be free and that it is too expensive from a federal standpoint. Clinton though, believes that students shouldn’t have to borrow funds to pay for their books, fees, and tuition if they choose to attend a four year public college. She also believes that a community college education should be free. In that plan, students receiving pell grants could use…

According to the college board, the average cost of a community college is 3,131 dollars, that is only one third of the cost of a four year school (“Two-Year vs. Four-Year Colleges”). However cost is not the only thing that separates these two different types of colleges. For a student, looking into what type of college they want to pursue is very important. There are a wide variety of things that can make or break a college experience. If a student has not done the proper research on the…

Krugman develops an argument dealing with college education in America. His main point is that Americans need a college education which is essential in American’s society. Krugman’s position on college education is clear and he is supporting college education. However, college education is slowly decreasing over the years: “In fact, we have a college graduation rate that’s slightly below average across all advanced economies” (126). Americans are not attending college and getting a degree and…

The United States has a unique higher education system in which it tailors to many individual’s needs. This ranges from two year Community Colleges to four year Universities. Community Colleges tends to be the most affordable however, there are many Americans that cannot afford the tuition. This is occurring because many students who apply for financial aid are required to provide their parents income. In many cases they don’t qualify for financial aid and their parents are not contributing…

because of my passion for working with kids. Next fall, I plan on enrolling at Mayland Community College and hope to earn my associate’s degree and then I am going to transfer to a four- year university to earn my bachelor’s degree. The top three colleges I am considering for transfer are East Tennessee State University, Appalachian State University, and Mars Hill University. I have not applied to any of these colleges yet, so, therefore, I haven’t been accepted yet. I would begin going to the…

Though I did well in high school, I didn’t have a motivation to go to college. First, I was born in a country where college education is worthless without family contacts, and second, I didn’t realize the world I was living in and was lazy. I was lazy, never enjoyed studying, but did well in high school simply because I was constantly under pressure from my mother to do so. I was born in Georgia, the country in Eastern Europe. It was a part of the Soviet Union and suffered enormously when the…

people graduation also represents the first step in their educational advancement as they prepare to go on to college. Many will start their college education at the community college level, while others will go directly into a four-year institution. How do students and their families make this important decision? After doing some research, students may discover that community colleges and four-year universities differ in some key areas, including the cost of attendance, the flexibility of…

Boomers Take Work Ethic to College” by Libby Sander, discusses the phenomenon of older Americans starting or returning to college later in life rather than “Fresh out of high school”. There was an increase in unemployment caused by the economic depression during this time. Struggling to find new jobs, the baby boomers, who never attended college or haven’t in years, often return to community colleges in seek of a new education. The author’s purpose is to persuade colleges to become more flexible…

competitive community colleges, create higher-level skills, technologist for higher demand industries, and cost-effective for taxpayers. In addition, Boggs (2004), suggests that community colleges cannot continue to do more with less and continue to maintain the open access and affordability for which they were created. Policy makers and state and federal decision makers must be on one accord in understanding the future goals. For instance, there are approximately twelve hundred community…

There are two different ways of achieving a college education: taking either online or traditional classes. I have experienced both online and traditional classes and have found they both have their benefits and drawbacks. I graduated high school twentieth in my class of one hundred and thirty-two students, from Whitesboro High School in the spring of 2008. The following fall, I started college at Grayson County College. At the time I was working full time at Lunar Golf at Midway Mall in Sherman…