Community College Course Teaching a class at the community college level, particularly when there is a wide age range among adult students, presents different challenges from teaching in grades K-12. Adults approach learning differently than do chil Continue Reading...
(Rosow, 1994, p. 797) From this review there is a clear sense that success with regard to community college students is determined by their ability to successfully complete the first term of study, as well as by their ability to receive financial a Continue Reading...
Also, many are unprepared to complete tasks unique to community college such as teaching diverse students. Those faculty members in rural areas not only have to deal with those challenges, but also sometimes have difficulty adjusting to living and w Continue Reading...
(North Carolina Community College, system 2004, critical success factors) However, it must be mentioned that North Carolina is for the main part a public sector state, and it has a strong and a very well respected group of private Four-year college Continue Reading...
In both historic times as well as modern day era, the higher education institutions faced several financial challenges. After the WWII, the interest in the schooling department decreased significantly and so does today. Despite initial growths, var Continue Reading...
One, in particular, Edison State College, in Florida, is a two-year college that has an outstanding curriculum, and highly qualified staff. The college cooperates with a number of four-year colleges, affording students the opportunity to complete ba Continue Reading...
Community Colleges & Universities -- Comparisons What are the major differences between community colleges and four-year colleges and universities as far as financial and academic appropriateness for students? For millions of Americans, communit Continue Reading...
Community College Leadership Specializing as a community college leader is a good opportunity to enhance my degree path in Education. By obtaining a doctorate in education and specializing in Community College Leadership, I can address some of the i Continue Reading...
Community college students are now able to use computer software, CD-ROMS, E-mail, and the Internet to enhance their foreign language skills. Over the past few years, it has become common for colleges and universities to update their technology to o Continue Reading...
The strength of a multi-level analysis is its ability to analyze how higher levels of variables mediate the relationship between lower levels of variables. Thus, Hypothesis II is as follows: the more 'supportive' a community college is toward vocati Continue Reading...
Although community colleges have yet to be central to the debates over strengthening elementary and secondary education, some educational leaders have seen a role for them in strengthening American secondary education." (Baker, Dudziak, and Tyler 9 Continue Reading...
ITT Technical Institute, Sylmar Campus, Computer and Electronics Engineering Technology (AAS), 15-MAR-04 / 05-MAR-06, Electronics and Communications Engineering Technology (BS) 13-MAR-06 / 02-DEC-07 Department of Education, This letter will describ Continue Reading...
Diversity California Community Colleges serve an extremely diverse population; according to the report entitled "Achieving the Diversity Commitment" by the California Community College Trustees (CCCT), statistics show that there is no majority ethni Continue Reading...
Dual enrolment has become a popular phenomenon in the education realm in the last one decade. Community colleges are increasingly collaborating with high schools to enable high school students undertake college-level courses while still in high schoo Continue Reading...
While many entering college freshmen lack effective studying habits, those enrolling in community colleges are likely to have even worse study skills and habits since many of them had no other option than community college in the first place because Continue Reading...
Community colleges are well suited to provide many of these basic courses, both for students who will later leave for a larger college and those who attend community college for other reasons. When it comes to who decides what courses should be off Continue Reading...
The legislature then established the Community College Coordinating Board, which was later abolished in favor of the State Board of Community Colleges. Florida community colleges had become an important part of the post high-school education system. Continue Reading...
Minority Transfers to Four-Year Universities In California today, over 70% of public school students and 50% of those in community colleges are black and Hispanic and the entire education system suffered greatly because of budget shortfalls in the l Continue Reading...
Price -- The community college's evening program should market its product to the target audience by giving discounts to recently laid-off workers and to those whose return to formal education is necessitated by circumstances attributable to the cu Continue Reading...
The administrations, however, had not really planned for this type of cultural change. Authors Locke and Guglielmino provide a broad overview of materials that focus on the types of sociological and cultural change and adaptations necessary that wil Continue Reading...
A typical example of a recent high school graduate is that of Erica Espinosa, age 18, a graduate of Northwest High School in Germantown, Maryland. Erica was accepted at the University of Maryland at College Park, which costs $21,163 for tuition, fee Continue Reading...
A PEACE ACTION PLAN FOR EARLY COLLEGE A PEACE ACTION PLAN FOR EARLY COLLEGE 13A Peace Action Plan for Early College: Building Support at Honolulu Community CollegeNameDateOutlineI. Envisioning the Harvest: What is the vision and why is it important?A Continue Reading...
Community colleges serve a distinct function in the gamut of higher education. When college classes are offered at the high school level, advantaged students tend to benefit more than disadvantaged students, further entrenching an achievement gap tha Continue Reading...
I am a 26-year-old male community college student. I live in San Francisco, California, but was born in Korea and lived there until I was 22. I am an international student majoring in the Health Sciences. I decided that moving to the United States an Continue Reading...
"Nonetheless, it appears from the state policy emphasis on articulation agreements that they are being used increasingly to help align the curricular content of high school and community college courses and programs" (Townsend & Twombly, 2001, p Continue Reading...
Manatee Community College Prospective college students have a wide variety of options when choosing a college. Not only are there hundreds of 4-year universities and colleges, but students must also consider whether to take the community college rou Continue Reading...
Austin Community College is an institution designed to help prepare students through higher learning. The community college was established in 1972 with nearly 2,400 students. By 1991, through rapid expansion, the community college had over 40 facili Continue Reading...
Sales and Promotion Blue Mountain Community College has been experiencing some difficulty in the area of developing a sales and promotion plan for the athletic department. The purpose of this discussion is to resolve this problem through the develop Continue Reading...
What are the most significant student demographic changes at this school over the past ten years? The most significant changes at the school include Edison's expansion of its child care facilities and its single parent assistance program. These ha Continue Reading...
LOW STUDENT GRADUATION AT GLENDALE Scholarly Works Synthesis TemplateInstructions:Type your central research question below. Then, you will choose two different scholarly peer reviewed journal articles that were published within the last five years t Continue Reading...
LOW GRADUATION RATES AT GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGELow Graduation Rates at Glendale Community College: Proposed SolutionsIn the present scenario, the problem happens to be low graduation rates at Glendale Community College. More specifically, the coll Continue Reading...
Diversity in employment within community colleges seems higher than that of four-year colleges and universities on the national level. Research indicates community colleges engage more actively in recruiting and retaining more women and minorities th Continue Reading...
Recommendations to solve the Problem of Low Graduation Rates at Glendale Community CollegeYour NameSchool of Education, UniversityIn partial fulfilment ofAuthor NoteI have no known conflict of interest to discloseCorrespondence concerning this articl Continue Reading...
FOCUS GROUP QUESTIONS 4Low Graduation Rates at Glendale Community College: Focus Group QuestionsCentral Research QuestionHow can the problem of low graduation rates among black (non-Hispanic) students at Glendale Community College be addressed?Focus Continue Reading...
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 1Low Graduation Rates at Glendale Community College: Interview QuestionsCentral Research QuestionHow can the problem of low graduation rates among black (non-Hispanic) students at Glendale Community College be addressed?Interview Continue Reading...
DISCUSSION THREAD: RESEARCH SUMMARY DISCUSSION THREAD: RESEARCH SUMMARYI volunteer part-time at a non-governmental organization (NGO) that support persons with substance use addiction through treatment and societal reintegration. The organization is Continue Reading...
Education - Theory Addressing Retention Issues in Community CollegesUsing Transition and Ecological/Environment Theory Many community colleges face serious retention issues that affect student performance, persistence, and learning. The rationale e Continue Reading...
Minority Students at Glendale Community CollegeLiterature ReviewOverviewThe proposed research study seeks to address the problem of low graduation rates among minority students at Glendale Community College. Annual graduation rates indicate that on a Continue Reading...
Federal admission issues Before one can even consider the issue of whether or not illegal immigrants should be eligible for financial aid, one must first investigate whether or not these students are even permitted to attend American institutes of Continue Reading...
