St. Louis Community College

lower for students who are prepared for college, career and community. Every step closer to independence enriches the quality of life for these students. To better understand how academics play a part in these life skills, the following is a brief example of how math and ELA are tied to them (NCSC, 2013). • Math is key for telling time; scheduling; managing money; taking medication; planning and making meals; arranging transportation; shopping; attending college and being employed. • ELA is key…

Postcard Group Project At Santa Ana College they provide a safe environment for students and their children. The Early Childhood Education Center is located in the V Building where it facilitates personal and developmentally appropriate activities for children of Santa Ana College students. One classification of students in particular that the college concentrates on is student parents. This community college has created a Children’s Center for students to drop off their children as they attend…

Despite the money families could save by sending their children to community college for free, making community college free would cause an even greater debt for the United States and higher taxes for all citizens. Over a 10 year period, President Obama’s plan for free community college is approximated to yield over 60 billion dollars(McClean). In other words, the United States’ accumulating debt would have a significantly larger amount added to it. Since 1776, the United States has been…

Prevalence of College Education: The Sixties to Now. Over the past seventy years the United States of America has increasingly become more and more industrialized with its markets shifting from the production industry to the consumer service industry (Short). The history of this shift has direct correlation to the more accessible college education to the well Middle Class and competition from other countries in the form of inexpensive labor. In the Sixties you could get a moderately high income…

some community colleges are free? Community colleges and private colleges are not the same. Private colleges are much harder to get accepted into and can give a degree up to a phD. On the other hand, community colleges are much easier to get accepted into and offer up to a masters degree. Though others may believe that there are many jobs without a college degree required, those employments offer no more than $70,000 a year, which may be good but sadly is not enough for some people. College is…

Community colleges. Although many people believe that community colleges is not a real college, I disagree with this. Community college is same as university, because you have the same education. Many people get the wrong impressions of how community college is. My whole family went to community college, and they have a decent job. Community college are just as good as other big universities. We need to change this culture that thinks community colleges are not like universities. This…

The costs of college tuition are rising across the nation. Many families are struggling to afford the steep price of sending their children to a college. As the cost of attending college increases, many students opt for loans, which is leading to a huge economic crisis. This problem is a huge consequence of the rises in college tuition, which is driven by inflation. This is, therefore, causing some students to avoid college by opting for a job right out of high school or going to a less…

For the past few decades, college expenses have been rising at a rate of roughly 7% each year since the 1970 's, which is almost three times the rate of inflation. Since 1985, the overall consumer price index has risen 115% while the college education inflation rate has risen nearly 500%. Annual incomes have not been enough to get students through college leaving many students deep in debt of up to tens of thousands of dollars with no way out. The rising of tuition effects current students…

Succeed in College (The 5 Badass Ways)! Are you going to college or going to be going to college? Let me give you this warning: you only get one shot to do it right! Who am I to say this? I have been to several huge universities (University of Texas and Arizona State University), I started over several times, went to several community colleges, strictly online colleges, joined all different kind of clubs, lived in different dorms, apartments, and at my parents while going to college, and got…

Should college be free for all students? Upon my research I’ve come to realize that I’m in a bit of a predicament, College should be free not only because it’s a really great idea and it could potentially help this economy. College shouldn’t be free for many reasons first and foremost taxes would rise if not done correctly and hurt the economy more than it already is, students might not take college education so serious knowing that it’s just another free program. So in this essay I will be…