Introduction Many of the students enrolled in community colleges throughout the United States are mothers with dependent children. In fact, according to the American Association of University Women, "More than 4 million women attend two-year public institutions or community colleges, and more than 1 million of them are mothers" (AAUW, 2013). A lot of student mothers, especially single mothers, struggle to complete their schooling and many of them end up dropping out. Meeting the demands of motherhood
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and subpar leaving students ill prepared to enter the workforce and college. This is evidenced by the persistent problem of students graduating and passing required exit exams in high school yet they still needed remediation upon entry to college. The Common Core is good because it provides a set of age appropriate learning goals and sets a national high-quality academic standard for Math and English to prepare students for college and the workforce. In essence, the Common Core defines what a student
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Pros and Cons of Today's College Education Student’s name: Institutional affiliation: The current state of higher education in United States In the recent past, the state of higher education in the United States has been under the spotlight of deteriorating quality, high costs and turnover rates. The top and bottom divisions of United States institutions of higher learning have become so dissimilar from each other that they have stopped being the single coherent social institution. Institutions
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When you tell a bunch of young adults that their first two years at a community college is going to be free, the idea of saving money and getting your free education towards your degree sounds awesome. Yet many won’t really take to consideration the situations they will be in when they enroll in the community college route. It is easy for the many people across the nation to agree with having free college, but the idea is to achieve their goal toward there degree. The many situations that will become
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Office of Graduate Studies and Community Advancement Office of Graduate Studies and Community Advancement Hello Prospective Students, Lynchburg College is excited to present to you our new programme offerings. They are as follows: * Master of Education in Counseling staring (Commencing Jan. 2016) * Master of Education in Criminal Justice (Commencing Jan. 2016) * Master of Education in Science Education (Commencing Aug. 2015) * Master of Education in Nursing (Clinical Nurse
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you can imagine that some of these players get scholarships to cover some costs but these do not even cover close to what they need. D1 athletes need to get compensated for the time they put in and the money that they make. My first argument is based on the fact that D1 athletes work a full-time job with the sport they play and additionally have school to deal with. Marc Edelman reports that “The typical Division I college football player devotes 43.3 hours per week to his sport -- 3.3 more hours
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Food Insecurity on College Campuses: Over the past several generations, young adults have ventured off to college with the hopes of it helping them to obtain meaningful and gainful employment. Since the 2008 recession, as tuition costs and other expenses rise and salaries stagnate, students are forced to take out thousands of dollars in student loans while barely being able to support themselves financially. Consequentially, a food insecurity epidemic is forming wherein college students struggle
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or turn in old assignments. Test scores don’t determine the outcome of your final grade as much as college; you can pass with a D and have no consequences toward graduating. Not all assignments will be graded on time in college. Tests and papers will determine your grade for the class. The grading also is different for HBCUs and PWIs, I was at both and I can say HBCUs is easier than a PWI. In college you must pass your major class with at least a C or higher or you wont get that prerequisite and have
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Lindsay Hartman Lynn McClelland ENG 101 29 February 2016 Online vs. Traditional Education During the final year of high school, the pressure of going to college is at its peak. Drilling into our heads that, college is the best route to go after high school if we want to have a “bright” future. No doubt majority of students go to college directly after, but some end up waiting to go later on. Fortunately, there are other options available today for those who had to wait to go. Online schooling
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am attending Mott Community College as a dual-enrollment student. I plan to finish my two-year there and transfer to a university for the rest of my education. Also, my mother is completely supportive of my decisions for my future and she has been my inspiration to continue pursuing the careers I have chosen to go to college for. My current schedule at Mott Community College consists of two classes per semester through dual-enrollment. The school pays for the costs of each class, but I am responsible
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