How to Escape the Community College Trap In the article “How to Escape the Community College Trap” written by Ann Hulbert. She explains her thoughts and opinions on community college. Her primary topic of discussion is about a program through a community college in New York called asap. Asap is a program that gives opportunities to lower income students. She explores how it compares to regular community colleges and ivy schools such as Harvard.
Liz Addison in her essay “Two Years Are Better Than Four” in They Say I Say lists numerous advantages two-year colleges have over the other degree. Community college is something to which people should pay close attention while reading because it appears more than once throughout the text. The paper will be based on college and its importance, and the words community college mean a two-year college where people can go to get a feel for college or to get their start.
In a recent article by Andrew Warner titled “5 Reasons to Consider Community College” Warner addresses the topic of why community college might be better and states reasons. One main point from the article is 30% of U.S. undergraduates are enrolled at public, two-year colleges. They also offer benefits like open-enrollment policies and flexible scheduling Warner. Warner gives a pretty good statistic that nearly half of the U.S undergrads are attending a public two year college.
Summary “Community college vs. University,” by Jeren W. Canning appeared in Everyday Writing, 2014 describes some of the advantages of going to a community college vs. going to a university. The Author gives an example of his friend who went to the University of Utah, and the struggles he faced that lead him to eventually drop out. When it came time for Canning to decide which college to attend, he decided he was not ready to take on the university, and choose to go to Salt Lake Community College. The article goes on to lists some of the advantages of going to SLCC vs. the U. The tuition rate at SLCC averages around $2,300 a year, whereas the U can push $5,000 or more.
When one graduate’s college it is usually one of the happiest days of their lives, they finally get to quit their low paying job and get a job that is much higher paying and hopefully a job they enjoy. However most of the time these newly college grads do not get to go buy a new car, or a house, or whatever else their heart desires instead; they have to spend about the next 20 years paying off their student loans. But what if there was another way, so that these newly grads do not have to spend 20 years paying off loans? Well maybe there is because in January of 2015 President Barrack Obama proposed the idea of free community college. This sounds great does it not?
In her article, “Two Years Are Better Than Four,” Liz Addison argues that community colleges are important because they offer the opportunity for self-discovery that so many today long for. It is commonly argued that colleges don’t have any worth because they expect students to have already gained knowledge and experience before attending. In Addison’s opinion, while this may be true for some four-year universities, community colleges don’t have such unrealistic expectations. When talking about four-year universities Addison says, “prove yourself worldly, insightful, cultured, mature, before you get to college. Yet, down at X.Y.C.C.
The primary thought of the article "Three Reasons College Still Matters" by Andrew Delbanco is school is vital due to monetary, open door, and instruction. Delbanco said that school is vital on the grounds that individuals who have advanced educations profit than individuals who just have secondary school ambassadors. The second reason is opportunity. Individuals who have the opportunity to get to schools can have great job with reasonable wages and give their own particular families and youngsters with the need to survive. In conclusion, school is essential as a result of training.
The point of this strategy is to boost retention and in turn completion. The goal is to establish a culture of student success at City Colleges that will improve the lives of the students, their communities and cities. Each of these strategies are currently being carried out by the Reinvention7 Initiative and the creation of Student GPS (Guided Pathways to Success). In each of these areas, they describe a number of more tactical actions that are focused on a five year plan: Increasing relevance Increase the relevance of the work a student does at City Colleges: Ensure that the courses of study that students embark on will advance their goal of a meaningful career or transfer.
All the resources and supports students find in college will help them succeed after graduate and in a long way in their lifetime. Liz states, "the community colleges of America cover this country college by college and community by community. They offer a network of affordable future, of accessible hope, and an option of dream.
In the essay “Two Years Are Better than Four” written by Liz Addison, the main purpose of the essay is to get the point across to the readers that community colleges are very sensible and useful for the public. Addison argues that community colleges are a great way for anyone to begin somewhere and to give anyone a starting point. Community colleges will take anyone who has graduated from high school and is wanting to advance in there schooling, but not sure in what field. Community colleges allow students to have more financial freedom and still offer a quality higher education. Addison explains her reasoning to why she believes in the importance of community colleges because of her personal experiences with two different community colleges
Community college has been a blessing for lower income students such as myself, but, the way it stands right now is the way it should remain. In the article Should Community College be Free? written by Joanne Jacobs there are various opinions with the topic of the first two years of community college being free and the effects towards this idea. This topic has been a discussion question since as long as I can remember but wasn’t truly brought to the table until our previous president Barack Obama stated it in his State of the Union address as he proposed to make the first two years of community college ‘as free and universal in America as high school is today’. This would initially cost the economy “...$60 billion over 10 years”, after learning about how America was during the Great Depression I propose that community college shouldn’t be free for the first two years due to the economy dropping dramatically, community college waitlists being
This college experience remains as it should” (Addison). Community college is the beginning of endless discoveries and infinite
I am writing to apply to become a certified instructor for the UConn Early College Experience (the “UConn ECE”). My background and qualifications make me uniquely qualified to be a certified instructor for the UConn ECE as I have Masters Degrees (CAPITALIZATION???) in both education and Special Education and in addition to my high school teaching experience I also have twenty years’ experience teaching history at Hillyer College at the University of Hartford. I am passionate about history, which I believe is more about the study of historical developments and trends rather than the memorization of dates and facts. My enthusiasm for history is most evident when I am teaching as demonstrated by my highly energized and animated lecture
In my opinion, Rogue Community College strength is advancement of student learning. As a non-traditional student that lost their job in 2009 due to the economy downturn and chose to return to college to obtain a four-year degree after twenty-nice years. RCC was instrumental in connected me with individuals who helped mentor me through my transition from RCC to SOU. Many of my RCC instructors took extra time to answer questions after class and displayed such commitment and respect to all their students.
“3 Reasons College Still Matters” by Andrew Delbanco 3) “Surely, every American college ought to defend this waning possibility, whatever we call it. And an American college is only true to itself when it opens its doors to all - the rich, the middle, and the poor - who have the capacity to embrace the precious chance to think and reflect before life engulfs them. If we are all serious about democracy, that means everyone.” 4) In this part of the writing Andrew Delbanco tries to persuade his audience by using the pattern of logic that agrees with the overall argument but also considers another striking point of view to strengthen the argument (While these arguments are convincing, they must also consider…).
