Community college

Makes All the Difference In the words of Liz Addison’s essay, “Two Years Are Better Than Four,” she emphasizes the benefits of community college before attending a university, saying “The philosophy of the community college and I have been to two of them, is one that unconditionally allows its student to begin.” In Addison’s essay, she explains that the community college system is the better route to take than attending a four year university program right away as many people do right out of…

To go to college or not go to college, that is the question, at least for many people these days. This question has been harder and harder to answer because of problems with the college education system. Complications in the educational system have been around for a long time. In 1848 Horace Mann, Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education…

highlight relevant research findings affecting specific sectors as with community colleges. Associations offer personal benefits to leaders as well as offering additional access to resources such as an affiliated professional journal. The position leadership takes can enhance or hinder successful change using current findings to inform decisions is good. Leadership Perspective on the Relation of Work to Education Community colleges are in a unique position to affect local economies positively…

School?” By Mike Rose In this article, Professor Mike Rose reflects about an encounter many years before in the library of a community college, where an underprivileged adult student with learning disabilities from a prior injury is working to improve his education through a program that the college offers for continuing education of adults that were not prepared for college education. The specific story that he is telling relates to Anthony who is in the library seeking information on cocaine…

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…

College is a fun, memorable, and life changing experience for anyone who chooses to attend. The rush of applying to all your favorite colleges and universities, to finally getting the acceptance letter in the mail can be very exciting. But it’s not very easy to get in to college or stay in college. College students face many different barriers while they are in school. Anything from financial barriers to economic standing barriers. One of the main barriers that college student face, community…

Having your college education taken away from you is like striping away your future. Students in the United States should not have their education and future striped away from them therefore, community colleges must be free to attend and state colleges need to lower their tuition in order for student to continue their education. For those who are interested in continuing their education, could benefit from this, they can become successful and live a better life. They wouldn’t have to worry about…

account, spending less cash in a week and helping to pay for college. In 2016 my first financial goal would be to have over…

Race should not be a criterion for college admission because students are with higher grade point averages and SAT scores are being denied because of their white race. Blacks, Hispanics, and Native American applicants receive a more privileged status. Critics argue that the admissions system is biased and hypocritical because students like Grutter, Hamacher, and Gratz, feel that they are discriminated against in a country that is supposed to oppose discrimination. Applicants who are children of…

other BLA students, one must ascribe to one of the categories previously mentioned. Most importantly, being able to speak the major language mostly utilized in the Bronx, Black English, or having the ‘Bronx accent’ brings one closer to the Bronx community; thus, being accepted in BLA by…