Analysis Of Liz Addison's Two Years Are Better Than Four

The trend of going to community colleges is beginning. Community colleges used to be known as the place where all the rejected applicants went. Now, people are realizing that community colleges are just as great as a university. Liz Addison wrote “Two Years Are Better than Four” to help her readers understand the importance of community colleges. The educational path for a student is changing from going straight to a big university to going to a community college and then transferring. This trend is beginning because community colleges provide a place to begin at an affordable cost in comparison to four-year universities, while still offering the same experience. In Liz Addison’s essay “Two Years Are Better than Four,” Addison’s main purpose

In John J. Evans’ “Supporting Veterans at the Community College: a Review of the Literature,” he claims, “With nearly 2 million men and women returning from active duty in the coming years, community colleges are poised to serve as an academic starting point for many of these service members” (47). Unlike a university, where ROTC is a required class to get military assistance, veterans at a community college can get federal funding through the school. Addison describes the community college experience as a place to grow a little with each class taken (257). Community colleges have a wonderful setup for veterans as they are not used to the civilian lifestyle and need time to establish a civilian lifestyle one step at a time. There are several programs that can help veterans financially and mentally. The Peer Advisors for Veteran Education (PAVE) program is a peer-mentoring program made to help new student veterans adapt to the college environment (Evans 55). Because of the smaller population of the school and the more funding a veteran can get, community colleges are more fitting to veterans and gives them a place to start their civilian

The staff at the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote an article titled “College Tuition: Degree in Debt” and claims, “Penn State charges more than $12,000 in tuition and fees. By comparison, the national average for four-year state schools is about $6,000” (“College Tuition”). Wake Technical Community College’s tuition and fees were $1,320.00 in the 2014-2015 school year, making the schools tuition far below the national average (“Wake Technical Community”). Because community colleges are so much more affordable when comparing to a university, it is thought to be that they do not have any student activities. This is not true to any extent. These small affordable schools provide a number of student activities. One example of a student activity that a community college provides comes from Wake Technical Community College, also known as Wake Tech. Wake Tech provides an event to the students twice a year called snacks-and-facts. This event provides snacks while the students of different majors show examples of what they learn in the classroom. This is a popular event that educates others while providing fun for no cost to the students. Wake Tech also provides the opportunity to eat lunch from other places besides their cafeteria. They bring in a different food truck every weekday that showcase different foods like, chicken, chinese, and seafood. Wake Technical Community College is a prime example of how even though