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Do Transfer Students Succeed in College?

on November 9, 2009 in Academic majors, College readiness, Community colleges, Universities

Do transfer students do well in college? I hear this question a lot from parents who are stressed about the high cost  of a bachelor’s degree. They naturally wonder if starting at a cheaper community college and then transferring is a smart move. The transfer student question is also relevant for teenagers who begin at [...]

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A Great Addition to Advanced Placement Classes

on July 10, 2009 in Community colleges

Want your high school student to be prepared for college? You can find some of the best training wheels at community colleges. For a high school student, taking a community college class is equivalent to enrolling in an Advanced Placement class. A friend of mine, who is a top dog at a community college district [...]

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A Unique Arizona Plan to Cut College Costs

on June 23, 2009 in College Costs, Community colleges, Money

With state universities overflowing with students and applicants maybe this will be the wave of the future…. The president-elect of the Arizona Board of Regents, just released a report that urges the state’s three public universities — University of Arizona, Arizona State and Northern Arizona University — to launch programs that would allow its students [...]

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Getting a Community College Scholarship

on March 21, 2009 in Colleges, Community colleges, Financial aid, Money, Scholarships

Community college scholarships are going begging. That’s what the faculty senate president at a community college in San Diego told me this morning when I bumped into him at the dog park. He wasn’t talking about federal Pell Grants or other state or federal aid. He was referring to community college scholarship that benefactors have [...]

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on February 19, 2009 in College readiness, Grades, Other

My son Ben, who is a junior in high school, is taking a pre-calculus class at a San Diego community college a couple of nights a week. After the first class, Ben told me that the professor explained quite dramatically that he would not accept any excuses for late assignments. To illustrate how serious he [...]

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Taking MIT Classes For FREE

on August 28, 2008 in Academic majors, Community colleges

This week we got my son’s scores from the standardized test that public school students take each spring in California, My husband, son and I were discouraged by his chemistry score. Since Ben thinks he wants to be an engineer, he’s particularly not happy. His experiential chemistry class last year offered lots of fun moments. [...]

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