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    The eternal question “Four year UC or comunity college?” was asked repeatedly. Any senior knows both are extremely different paths. If you choose to go to community college, than you choose to continue living at home, commute and obtain a part-time job. If you choose a four year college than you choose to move away from home. I choose to attend a community college and to commute to stay home for a couple more years. When I chose community college, I expected life to be easy, but I was completely…

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    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…

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    with college applications and didn't know how to apply for community college. When I started community college (Spring 2013) I was placed placed in really easy classes which I really didn't need to transfer and was also not interested in. Unfortunately, during my first two-three years at community college years, a lot of things happened. My father got into an accident at work, where he amputated his fingers when he was chopping wood with a table saw. That made the first two years of college…

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    question if a four year was the right path for me to take. I had no idea what I wanted to major in and the thought of all the debt in my future terrified me. So I stepped back from my fantasies of freedom and decided that going to our local community college would be the best decision for the time being. Senior year came around and while sitting amidst…

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    The top three colleges I chose are Hinds Community College, Mississippi State University, and Alcorn State University . Hinds is my first choice because I visited Hinds’ Nursing Allied Health Center on one of my various CDC field trips and I was amazed. I was shown how to be prepared for CPR, how to read the blood pressure machine, and just learn about all the programs they have to offer. I actually did plenty of .research on nursing and I think Hinds is just the place for me . The mission of…

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    persist in college or not. First-generation college students, in particular, face unique challenges in persisting throughout the community college system and being able to transfer out (Wang, 2009). Although research has proven that elements influencing a student’s ability to persist (or lack thereof) are wide and complex (Nakajima, Dembo & Mossler, 2012), our study seeks to gain an understanding of factors affecting the persistence of first-generation students attending a community college.…

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    The Progression and Assessment of Remedial Students in Community College School systems have been adjusting their developmental classes for years to maintain a beneficial program. The desire to aid remedial students in getting accepted and enrolling in some form of college has increased immensely since the programs were first developed. Although students who test for remedial classes are encouraged to take them, various studies have shown students who did not take the developmental courses may…

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    Community College Vs. Four-year Thinking, Thinking, Thinking… When it comes to Community College or a four-year University. There is a lot to think about. When they have just getting finish with High School, which that was hard by it self. College is the last thing most people are thinking about. Well let 's see which one is the best to start with. When selecting a school its want to make sure that it offers the classes and degree program that they are aiming to achieve. For example mechanical…

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    While at a Community College, I have had time to grow and mature into a finer young adult than I came out of High School. I learned to live on my own and take care of myself, while continuing to acquire training and education. It was also a time I took to figure who I am and who I want to be. With that in mind, I have found that I desire to continue growing at a different institution. While I have learned a significant amount of things in my current college and enjoyed every minute of it, I will…

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    scarce, particularly on the subject of community college benefits attendance. But through the article written by Bailey and Belfield, the research on this particular subject because of their gathered information; it is demonstrated through their knowledge on the subject itself. "…it may be possible to infer benefits of community college attendance from estimates of the benefits derived either from persons with additional years of schooling or from the general college-educated population…

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