...Right now, there’s a big debate whether or not community college should be free. Some say it should under certain requirements, some say it shouldn't no matter what. It's believed that if college is free, it can help give people a boost on striving for a degree. It's hoped that more people enroll to college to increase the amount of people with degrees. I think the whole situation is pretty interesting, therefore I believe that community college shouldn’t be free because there's already a way in which someone doesn't have to pay for tuition, the pell grants basically covers your tuition and more, and there’s going to be a lot of competition because students varying from low income to upper & middle class. Making college free sounds like a good idea, who wouldn't want to go to college and pay nothing? The idea can benefit a lot of people, but there's no need for it to be free because according to Felipe Bezerra, a student at Rio Hondo College, “about half of the state's community college students qualify for those waivers.” It wouldn't really make a difference to many students because a lot of them are going to have their tuition covered by fee waivers. They're going to realize that they went through some hassle to not pay for tuition, when at the end, it ended up being...
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...College Struggle for the Poor Throughout society, it is typical for graduated students from high school to move on to college to continue education. Poverty stricken students don’t always have the chance to move on to college. In Eleanor J. Bader’s essay “Homeless on Campus,” describes the effects of poverty on the less fortunate, and how they are trying to acquire an education. Eleanor J. Bader’s essay is reinforced by two contemporary articles, and how poverty effects people getting the proper education needed for them to help them to reach their personal requirements for financial and social needs. There is many reasons poverty stricken students are not able to attend college. In Eleanor J. Bader’s essay, she explains that people are not...
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...David Holmes Sim Barhoum English 101 Effective College English II February 09, 2013 Argument Essay “Adult Education” Modern day America has the ability to provide a basic education to anyone. What does it mean to be educated? An idea of education is someone who has all the answers. It could be a person who has been through the hardship of school and has come out on top, or someone who makes a living with what they have learned. In “Adult Education” by Mortimer J. Adler, he describes how society’s education system is flawed and does not provide the best education for people. Alder speaks of how education starts at childhood and ends when they become an adult and receive their degree. To him this idea is wrong because youth have not developed the patience or the experience to be educated. Therefore, education only truly comes when a person goes through life and has become a mature adult. The value of education will never be understood by youth, but by people who have gone through the hardships of life and have gained wisdom through life experience. In order to fully understand what Mortimer Adler is talking about in his essay, “Adult Education,” we must understand the historical and cultural context from which he is speaking. Modern readers who misunderstand this context are likely to misinterpret his intentions and thereby fail to see the logic behind his recommendations, which are still relevant to educational reform issues today. Adler was a philosopher enamored...
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...On February 10, 2015, Lexeme county’s largest and fastest growing newspaper; the citizens voice published an article by Michael A. MacDowell entitled “The Community College Model Works Just Fine” In this article, MacDowell, aims to convince his audience mostly the middle class citizens that President Barack Obama’s proposal for free tuition in the community college system is an admirable goal but the “practicality and unintended consequences of such a program render it problematic at best”.Throughout the essay, Dr. MacDowell uses logos, pathos and ethos to effectively support his thesis that “by federalizing the finances of community colleges through this free tuition proposal, the efficiencies enjoyed at the two-year college level may evaporate under the stress of federal oversights that tend to maximize interference and reduce effectiveness”. In the first paragraph MacDowell uses a combination of ethos and logos to introduce his topic to the audience and also establish his credibility. He begins by stating that the proposal regarding free tuition in community college is “an admirable goal” at the same time he continues to state that “the practicality and unintended consequences” of the program render it “problematic at best” MacDowell’s use of the solemn tone was appropriate to the audience and shows his sincerity and common sense as well as respect and understanding of the position of the audience. By doing this MacDowell has effectively made the audience trust...
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...male dominated field, identifying women who lead community colleges can be a rare find. According to Weisman and Vaughan (2006), females represent 29% of CEO positions at community colleges. Women in leadership roles often face the daunting task of combating serotypes in regards to their ability to lead. Women are not traditionally viewed as serving in the capacity as community college presidents, and therefore community colleges could be viewed as being gendered organizations. For this assignment, I selected a female community college president. The experiences that I had with the community college president are from several encounters that we have had overtime. The nature of her job and the recent notice of the realignment process of the institution made it difficult to shadow her for one complete day. For this project, I decided to focus on the, her leadership style, perspective of her relationship with governing board and some of her experiences as a...
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...perceive the program which can help students massively. On the one hand, free community college gives the student a powerful tool which is education to carry out their jobs; on the other hand, the same program may also attempt to constant temptations to avoid work and it will likely cause laziness among students and will consume up their academic motivation. Sometimes government funding in education can be a waste if students do not cherish their hard-won education opportunity. “Only 41...
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...If you haven’t considered life out of High School you may want to consider going to a Community College. For people wondering what a community college is, a community college is commonly defined as a nonresidential junior college offering courses to people living in a particular area. Illinois State University and Heartland will be compared as they are in the same state. After High School it may be a good Idea to attend a community college instead of a traditional 4 year college. One possible reason as to why it is a good idea to take a Community College is because it’s cheaper. For comparison Heartland costs $10,306 for two years of in state community college and $3,456 per twelve credit hours. Illinois State University is $28,295 for four years of in state college and $12,152 for twelve credit hours. If a given person were to transfer credit from Heartland to Illinois State...
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...Athabasca, Alberta April, 2008 Abstract This project consists of two parts. The first section is a literature review of the following topics: Adult education, Ontario’s approach to Adult education, four different pedagogical approaches to Adult education (andragogy, self-directed learning, informal and incidental learning, and emotions and imagination), education and globalization. These areas were reviewed to identify key elements around Adult education, as well as for how contemporary globalization shapes Adult education. The second section is a research essay building off of the literature review. Andragogy, self-directed learning, informal and incidental learning and emotions and imagination were examined to determine if these adult education philosophies were being practiced in Ontario. Globalization’s impact is a force with widespread reach and implications. Education will be vital for survival in a global community. The effect of globalization on adult education in Ontario was investigated. The principles of andragogy, self-directed learning and informal and incidental learning are evident in Canadian and Ontario teaching practices; however, emotions and imagination are absent in this discourse. Michelle Scott MAIS 701 Adult Education and Globalization 3 PART I: Literature Review: Adult Education and Globalization Michelle Scott MAIS 701 Adult Education and Globalization Introduction 4 Although many of us may think our “school days” are behind...
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...Title Marshall R. Chafee INFT 101 9/9/2013 Title The Article I selected focuses on how spirituality influences adult learning. There is often some confusion between "spirituality" and" religion." Generally, spirituality is described as an individuals personal experience with the sacred, that can be experienced anywhere. Religion, on the other hand is often described as an organized community of faith. (Tisdell, 2008). Spirituality has had an important influence on adult education throughout history. There are four primary ways spirituality influences adult learning. The first way states that many adult learning professors have had a career in ministry, at some point (Tisdell, 2008). The second way states that recent writers have discussed the influence of spirituality and soul in how it affects learning on an individual level (Dirkx, 1997, 2001; English and Gillen, 2000; Hunt, 2001). The third influence would be learning in the workplace, here authors focus on how it influences how they think or act in a professional environment or in working for the common good as a leader or educator (Bolman and Deal, 1995; Daloz, Keen, Keen, and Parks, 1994; Conger, 1994; English, Fenwick, and Parsons, 2003; Fox, 1995). Finally we see a strong influence of spirituality present in those educating for social justice in myriad adult education settings (Clover, Follen, and Hall, 1998; Dillard, 2006; English, 2005; Tisdell, 2003; Tolliver and Tisdell, 2006). Much of the learning from these...
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...family. Some of the adult would drop out of school because they can't keep up with the hours in the time. Some of adult learner think drop out of college is an great thing so they can have more hours to take care of their family. So feel that if they don't attended college they want have the education that they need. They feel that push through and continue to work and attend school they often find it is a daily struggle to keep grades up so they make the required satisfaction of progress. These idea also help any person currently in any learning environment. The adult learner feel that they don't have the time like they usually have. Most people now would be thinking of themselves. There an question that adults learner ask themselves. Are we will to make an sacrifices? Well the answer to most of them is that if they have to sit back and decided what is important in their life and what activities they can let go of. One of the most important ways that adult learner can improve their skills to make sure they always take exceptional notes of the material studied, it help to use different colors highlighter to highlight your notes. An support chain is particularly important. The adult learner should seek the help and support their husband/wife, family member or even their employer. The adult learner who are employed while attend college could communicate with their superior to desire work out more appealing schedule that works for business as well as students. This is the way they...
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...Many people desire to acquire higher education at the Barbados Community College. In doing so there could be many challenges that accompany this. Students, whether part-time or full-time, are affected by the issues they encounter. Some of these challenges can be solved by adopting the following guidelines listed below. One of the major challenges students are faced with, especially part-time students, is financial difficulties. Tuition costs for part-time students are far greater compared to the tuition cost of full-time students. For example, A three-year associate degree for a local student, full-time, costs six hundred and thirty dollars while a three-year associate degree for a local student, part-time, costs five thousand dollars. As a result of these high prices, some students were forced to withdraw from programs. In addition, students have to purchase books and or materials which varies between one to four hundred dollars. Furthermore, students spend an average of forty dollars, or more, a week in bus fare or gas to attend college in order to satisfy an eighty percent class attendance - to qualify to sit final examinations. To resolve this issue, students can get a part-time job and budget his or her money properly. Getting a job will enable students to have money to purchase books, pay tuition and pay bus fare and budgeting will safeguard students against overspending. Another hardship faced by many students is time management. Time management is prioritizing...
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...My name is Karina. I was born and raised in the beautiful country of Kazahstan, which is located in the Central Asia and was the part of the former Soviet Union. I finished High School there and attended four-year college for about two years. I was majoring in Customs Law, but I didn't finish it, because my mother won a lottery Green-card (permanent residence in USA) and we decided to move to America. I have only one older brother. His name is Ulan. Hi is 30 years old. We are very close to each other, although he is four years older than I am. Unfortunately, he is not here with us right know, because according to the US law, children over 21 years old are not eligible for the green- card, so he stayed in Kazahstan. My father died a year ago of stroke. He was just 54 years old. I still can not believe that he is gone. I still miss him and he will always be in my heart. I and my mother came to the United States four years ago. We live together in Brooklyn. She is very strong and good person. She is the one who influenced me to go to the college. English is not my first language, so I was afraid that I wouldn't do well at school. She kept saying to me that I'll do well and that she believes in me. And here I'm at the LaGuardia Community College today, majoring in Paralegal studies. This is my third semester here. Now I feel more confident about myself, because I passed all courses that I have been taking and received good grades and try to do my best to keep doing it. I'm a very...
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...just the individuals who hold those degrees. I can see a difference in leadership, and critical thinking. In my workplace staff members who have BSN degrees seem to have more confidence in themselves, and come up with solutions to apparent problems seemingly quicker. I have the utmost respect for all our staff, but observing the difference is what brought me to wanting to obtain a higher education in nursing. Mildred Montag, revolusionalized-nursing education by the creation of the two-year associate degree in nursing following World War II, there was an acute shortage of nurses (GCU: multimedia 2009-2011). Mildred Montag started a trend that would take the world by surprise, and flourish into hundreds of programs throughout community colleges giving opportunity to people who might not have had the chance to become nurses otherwise. Many seek out the Associates Degree in Nursing for the simple fact that it is a quicker course, financially more affordable, in todays job market, it seems many people are scrambling for a secure job, and with patient care being high on the list of secure jobs, the ADN programs are busting at the seams. This is the best way of being able to be placed in the workforce at a faster rate to obtain a respected income. The ADN...
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...PERCEPTIONS OF RURAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS OF THE TRANSFER PROCESS TO A FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY by ELIZABETH E. SACKSTEDER LACLAIR A DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the College of Education in the Graduate School of The University of Alabama TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA 2010 Copyright Elizabeth E. Sacksteder LaClair 2010 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ABSTRACT Utilizing the current literature base on rural community colleges, transfer student adjustment, academic advising and articulation issues, the purpose of this research study was to ascertain the adjustment issues and experiences of rural community college students who have the intent to transfer to a four-year baccalaureate degree granting institution. The perceptions these rural community college students have regarding the transfer process are the focus of the study. Students from ten rural community colleges, who participated in the Alabama College Transfer Advising Corps, a project of The University of Alabama and funded by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation were used in the study. The survey instrument used in this study is a variation of Laanan Transfer Student Questionnaire (L-TSQ). Survey questions were reframed such that those regarding university experiences and the students’ potential transfer to a four-year college/university were treated as reflections on the meditational transition, or transition that has not...
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...International Perspectives on Adult Education Author: Susan Imel Date: 2000 Adult education is practiced throughout the world. Although the adult education enterprise varies in scope, philosophy, and structure in different nations, it is not unusual for approaches to adult education developed in one region or country to spread. Certainly, adult education in the United States has been influenced by the ideas of international adult educators such as Paulo Freire and Roby Kidd and by practices such as the English University Extension Movement, Swedish Study Circles, and the Danish Folk Schools (Reischmann, Bron, and Zoran 1999). Currently, a number of perspectives on adult education are evident in the international literature. Some of the trends and issues from this literature are highlighted in this Alert. Publications from the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education held in Hamburg, Germany, in July 1997 are a particularly rich source of information on international perspectives about adult education. Sponsored by the UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE), the conference brought together more than 1,500 adult educators from around the world who participated in plenary sessions, workshops, and roundtables to shape statements about adult education and develop actions for the future. A clear trend in the conference and the documents it produced was the critical importance of adult education and adult learning "for fostering ecologically sustainable development, for promoting...
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