Community colleges in the United States

into college and actually graduating from these institutions. This is exactly what authors Gregory Mantsios and David Leonhardt are describing in their articles Class in America and The College Dropout Boom. Upper class Americans have far more opportunities and advantages in higher education compared to the lower class in the United States…

two of these people I still call to check on them even now that I am in the United States. Eager to pursuing my nursing career, I enrolled in the Home Health Aid programme when I first moved to the United States in 2011. After completing the course I worked in a nursing home and currently still…

Did you know that Hinds Community College has an HBCU under its umbrella? The Utica Campus is, in fact, an HBCU! For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, let me first explain what an HBCU is and why it is important. Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. This was because the…

of the United States, specifically the First Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, and the Fourteenth Amendment. . the Fourth Amendment regards the right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects. It continues, it speaks against unreasonable searches and seizure. Grievance is another means of protecting students’ rights and in a safety environment. The Grievance Policy is certainly a valuable aspect of the college, it is to assure students at Perseverance Community College will…

The Electoral College The Electoral College, what is it is? Most people after I did my survey were very confused on what it actually was and what they do. So I did my research and according to the national archives and record administration “the Electoral College are people we elect that are equal to the amount of our state and house representatives who essentially pick the President of the United States”. In other words for every house of representative that we have we get one elector and for…

The United States has some of the world’s most expensive college education, but how can we change that? Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey and Poland all have free college. United States has debt and student loans, and those under the age of 25 compose half of student loan borrowers. Now all those young adults have to try to find a place in the workforce so they can try to make as much money as possible to pay off all their debt. Are there other…

list of colleges in mind, but they have one minor setback. College tuition. For so many years, college education was not essential in the workforce, but now jobs that require little to no college education are depleting and there are millions of people wanting jobs. In order to obtain jobs, one needs more than twelve years of education and money in able to pay for that education. Universities and private institutions are steadily increasing their prices causing students not to attend college due…

International Students and Financial Challenges Studying in America can bring all sorts of excitement, yet many challenges. Most international students who come to the United States come from China, India, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia ("New Data”). According to the Institute of International Education, over one million international students enrolled in American institutions in the year 2015-2016 (International Students). International students face acculturation issues, such as culture shock,…

immigrant family. My father and mother didn't go to college before, so they hope me and my brother earn bachelor degree. I am studying in Sacramento City College and my major is computer science and engineering. My short-term goal is to transfer to UCLA. Because I have a cousin who came to America in 2006. At the beginning, she was very unfamiliar with the new environment, but she studied so hard. After two years, she transferred from Sacramento City College to University of California, San…

write about how this forces impacted this status! Okay so first let 's talk about social institutions that had an impact! Two Major social institutions that affected greatly on my path to going to college at Stanislaus were family and K-12 education.Family influenced me going to Stanislaus and college in general for a number of reasons. First being raised by a single mother had a big influence.…