The Financial Aid Talk

The Financial Aid Talk

By Amy Pimentel Financial Aid Outreach Specialist from the College of the Sequoias Community College, state college, and private college students have two things in common: one, they are chasing dreams; two, they worry about money. Granted, there’s the group...
Presidential Pontifications

Presidential Pontifications

By Ed Devine Wow…the ease of summer is a distant memory. We have already completed three weeks of the fall recruitment season, and on the eve of the San Diego NACAC Conference, it seems like the treadmill never shut off. …

Thanks for the Entertainment

While many students this time of year are celebrating wonderful admission letters, scholarship awards, etc., and then there are also the other ones. You know the ones I mean. The students with the situations that make us sigh, cry, laugh, …

Transfer Topics: The Jeopardy Method

I once took a class in which the instructor used what he referred to as the “Jeopardy Method” of grading. Under his system, students earned points for correct test answers, well-written essays, etc., but we could also lose points for …
Community Colleges Offering Bachelor’s-Part 2

Community Colleges Offering Bachelor’s-Part 2

Here is the ideal bachelor’s degree program offered at a community college: “The Southern Illinois University program is an accelerated bachelor’s degree program in Aviation Management, held in our classrooms at Mt. San Antonio College. Students completing the A.S....