...train students in a specific skill. In some instances they are transfer degrees to help student to enroll in 4 years bachelor’s degrees. Community colleges originally were created to offer individuals higher education opportunities that were not provided in university settings. Through time, the offerings of the community colleges have diversified. Recently some community colleges began offering baccalaureate degrees; this phenomenon has resulted in controversy over the mission and function of the community college. the mission of most community colleges as shaped by the following commitments: * Serving all segments of society though an open-access admissions policy that offers equal and fair treatment to all students * Providing a comprehensive educational program * Serving the community as a community-based institution of higher education Teaching and learning * Fostering lifelong learning Many believe that a community college cannot be all things to all people and offering four-year degrees may decrease the focus from the open access mission (Dougherty, 2001; Eaton, 2005; Townsend, 2005; Wattenbarger, 2000). Furthermore, the graduates‘ preparedness to compete in the market or be successful in graduate school has been questioned. Others believe that the community college should respond to the needs of its community and the changing student population (Floyd, 2006; Floyd & Walker, 2003; Walker, 2001). There are...
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...Community College Reflection Paper Brian Pierce AET/ 555 Overview of the Community College August 04, 2014 Dr. Luke Petriccione Community College Reflection Paper Who Attends a Community College? Students who attend a community college consist of a large range of backgrounds and learning styles. There are students who are young and students who are in their mid to late careers. Students attend a community college for varies reasons and have different needs when attending. A couple of the reasons to attend a community college are to receive vocational training or work towards a four year university. Over half the students who attend four year colleges to receive an undergraduate degree attend a community college first ("Students at Community Colleges ", 2014). Some of the needs required of students consist of those who seek to upgrade skills, those pursuing an associate degree and even those who wish to pursue a hobby ("Students at Community Colleges ", 2014). Whatever the reason these students attend a community college it is clear these institutions serve a very diverse student body. When reflecting on my original opinion regarding who attends a community college I now can see just how deep these institutions are striving to keep pace with a ever changing student body. Quality of instruction When discussing the quality of education at a community college Mary Ferguson a community college examiner makes a valid point when she says Ferguson (2014), "Education is deemed legally...
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...Community College Governance and Organizational Comparison Frank Alger, Danyelle Balkum, Randie Donald, Donald Hardnet & Loren Shaffer AET 555 Shirley Burnett September 30, 2013 Community College Governance and Organizational Comparison The list compiled for this paper is a list of community colleges that are located in a couple different states. The colleges that were chosen are Mesa, Monroe, St. Phillips, Gateway, and Phoenix Community Colleges. Three are located in Arizona and the other two are located in Texas and New York. This paper will compare and contrast the five community colleges mentioned above. Similarities Each of the five colleges is considered multi-college districts. Multi-college community college districts consist of many accredited community colleges within one district, three of the schools chosen are in the same district, which is an example of the multi-college community college schools. Another similarity of these colleges is all of the schools highest ranking position is the president. The last similarity the schools have in common is that the governing board is local. This is normal for community colleges because they work with local businesses to decide on what programs they may implement at their school. Differences There are also a few differences in the colleges. One of these differences is the size of the colleges. Two of the colleges range from 10,000 to 13,000 and the other three colleges range from a total of students of...
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...The Role of Community College The role of any institution is to set up their students for the challenges that they confront for the duration of their life. Community college should have both certificate programs- to make the students more skillful and four-year education- to explore the student’s mind in every area of education at economical prices. “College students bypassing degrees on purpose” by Eddie Small emphasis on skill building students, who chose to achieve marketable certificate rather than a four year college, due to fact of advantages such as quick education, economical, and increments. Currently, the direction of some community college is to provide short-term certificate. The reason to add more fleeting certification is developed...
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...that there are not some differences, maybe it is 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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...practice areas adult basic education and literacy programs at a local state college. It extends beyond five campuses and includes three educational centers. Its flexible course scheduling allows adult learners to attend multiple campuses or center at the same time. Each campus possesses the capability of preparing adult learners for an associate degree. However, core courses for many of its degree or certification programs are restricted to specific campuses. The writer identified the practice area of adult basic education and literacy programs within her department. She gathered relevant data that reflects the college’s contextual setting by providing a (1) description of the educational services; (2) its history, mission, vision, and values; (3) demographic and data; (4) the annual budget or funding; (5) methods or models of program planning and delivery; (6) recruitment and marketing strategies and processes; (7) effectiveness evaluation techniques; (8) and recommendations for improvement in educational services. 2 Introduction This writer identified several practice areas of adult basic education and literacy programs within the community and neighboring geographical areas. The campus and community site programs are affiliated with a local state college and strategically located throughout the metropolitan area. The design...
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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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...Leadership and Distance Education in Higher Education: A US perspective Sonja A. Irlbeck University of Minnesota Abstract The premise of this article is that while in the US understanding is growing about the technologies and strategies needed for effective distance education in an online environment, leadership efforts remain weak. The article describes leadership for distance education, historical perspectives of leading distance education, and how the Internet has directly changed distance education efforts in US higher education institutions. The article concludes with an appraisal of how the approach of higher education leaders must change in order for distance education efforts to be successful. Keywords: change; distance education; higher education; Internet; leaders; leadership; technology; policy Leadership and Distance Education in Higher Education: A US perspective The worlds of work and education are changing, and leaders in today’s educational institutions need to determine how to effectively lead in the acquisition, development, and dissemination of information to tomorrow’s workers. Leadership is necessary to bring cohesion to the distance education arena within higher education. Drucker (1998) maintained that in the latter part of the last century, technology resulted in a transformation of the social structure. We saw the “rise and fall of the blue-collar worker” (p. 539), the rise of the industrial worker who gave way to the rise of the knowledge worker...
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...College Dropouts: Can CSM do more? Every year even a greater number of high school graduates decide to attend, four year and community, college as an extension of their parents’ “American Dream”. Yet consistently even a greater number of them become college dropouts after a short stay. Yvonne Raley states in “Why We Quit” that “Two-year public colleges have a worse record, graduating fewer than 30 percent of their students” (5). The question is: What is causing this and what may be the remedies.? College of San Mateo (CSM) has become an active participant in addressing lack of student study skills and student socio-economic background as the most important reasons for student dropout in community colleges. “Community Colleges have become dumping ground for all the educational problems in the rest of the system” Allen (14). The majority of students arrive at colleges unprepared for college work. Additionally, a great majority of us have been placed in remedial classes to which we neither relate, nor belong since a great majority us are not proficient in 8th-10th grades of either subjects. Most of the substandard students who have passed through the K-12 system lack the skills, or the focus, or the knowledge to deal with college. A vast majority of students in community colleges, some 70% of them, fail to graduate. At CSM Freshman retention rate, due to lack of basic study skills, is taken very seriously...
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...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 us, learning is a continuous part of life. Adult education has been called by many names – training, lifelong learning, continuing education, workplace...
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...Opticia Miami Dade College Opticianry An Optician is a vision expert; a health professional specially trained to supply, prepare, and dispense optical appliances through interpretation of written prescriptions. An Optician is an integral part of the vision care experience that adheres to exacting standards in order to enhance your vision. In this field, the optician responsibilities are finishing and fitting eyeglass lenses, frames, and contact lenses. An Optician turn the Doctor’s prescription into the glasses or contact lenses the patient or customer need to make their vision the best it can be. An optician can also dispense low vision aids and artificial eyes. Education and Training Requirement Becoming an optician, most opticians have at least a high school diploma. Opticians typically learn job skills through formal on-the-job programs. This training includes technical instruction in which, for example, new opticians measure a customer’s eyes or adjust frames under the supervision of an experienced optician. Trainees also learn sales and office management practices. A number of community colleges and technical schools offer formal education in opticianry. Some award an associate’s degree, which takes two years. Others offer a certificate, which takes one year. As of 2010, the Commission on Opticianry Accreditation accredited twenty one associate's degree programs in fourteen states. Miami Dade College is one of the institution that offers the Opticianry...
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...NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL POLICY Education - a continuous process which aims to prepare a person to play his role as an enlightened member of the society. In other words, it means all round development of personality of a person. The system of education introduced by the British Government in India was not suitable to needs of free, independent and developing India. Since our independence, India is trying to restructure its education policy to suit the needs of technological and industrial developments. Several Commissions under the chairmanship of well-known educationists have been setup in the past. The last commission on Education was set up under the chairmanship of Dr. D.S. Kothari in 1964. On the basis of its recommendation National Policy on Education was last declared in 1968. Since the adoption of 1968 policy, there has been considerable expansion of education in the country at all levels. Many of the formulation of 1968 policy, however, could not be implemented mainly due to lack of financial and administrative support. The political and socio-economic changes since then and growth of population made the government to think and announce a new education policy. In January 1985, immediately after the new government of Rajiv Gandhi came to power, it was announced that the Government would publish a document on education which would form the base for new education policy for the country. Accordingly "Challenge of Education—a policy per¬spective" was published by the Ministry...
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...2 This chapter describes a four-lens model for understanding adult learning theories and provides adult educators and administrators with a useful conceptual framework for working with adult learners in adult degree programs. Adult Learning Theory and the Pursuit of Adult Degrees Richard Kiely, Lorilee R. Sandmann, Janet Truluck Diane Johnson, after home-schooling her three children, knew she needed an official credential to continue to work in the field of elementary education. Facing mandatory retirement from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, William Branson enrolled in a master’s program in counseling to assist incarcerated juveniles that he had been dealing with for years. Amy Garcia, a mother of two small children, seeks an online, cohort-based program to provide her the skills and abilities needed to advance her career while meeting family and work demands. Diane, William, and Amy reflect several of the groups that make up the growing number of adults pursuing formal degree programs. The strongest growth in educational participation in the past two to three decades has been in part-time enrollments of students over age twenty-five, in particular, women (University Continuing Education Association, 2002). The population of those over sixty years old in the United States is expected to grow from 45 million in 2000 to more than 91 million in 2030; many are participating in adult degree programs (University Continuing Education Association, 2002). The National Center...
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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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...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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