The University Should Extend the Add/Drop Period for Classes

Students nowadays face many challenges when it comes to obtaining a college education. We evaluate an institution’s quality based on what we need the most. The qualities sought out may vary by each person’s personal point of view. However, as a student, I’ve found that most students seek for an institute that benefits them the most. Attending a community college has been an enormous advantage towards my education. I have been attending San Bernardino Valley College for the last two semesters. I have come to respect their philosophies and values. The institution has now been in business for 87 years. They venture to encourage both students and faculty towards high standards of achievement and progress into exceptional members of the society. They now offer a variety of degrees, transfer programs and certificates for a wide range of students. San Bernardino Valley College has an accomplished staff, student support services and technological tools that pave the road towards the conquest of a quality education.

My transition to Isothermal Community College has been really good; Although I am still a high school student and have not had to go on campus, I still have been able to be apart of a college community. It has allowed me to better prepare myself, for when I actually sit in a college environment through time management skills with class work as well as homework and how strict the professors are. I’ve had to use time management to be able to manage all my classes work, so I could turn in my homework on time. The online class has also prepared me for how the rules are in college: No late work, and no exceptions. While in high school sometimes teachers let you slide on missed work and some allow students to make excuse after excuse my transition to Isothermal Community College has shown me that college professors will no put up with it. I think its great that professors set dates and don’t let people ‘excuse’ there way out of things. It helps prepare student for the real world and when they get a job they are not going to be able

The class size is surprising to most students because the tuition is so reasonable. While classes aren't as small as those of a leading private university, many have as few as twenty students. In a smaller class, professors have the opportunity to learn more about their students. Likewise, students will find their teachers more accessible and can get assistance when they need it.

As college quickly approaches the class of 2016, we all basically have to get our lives together. However the constant uprising of price for colleges have made it that much harder to even think about college. Most of us have been limited to in state colleges which is not a poor choice considering we live in California but that's a burden to people who live in a state such as Rhode Island. Another barricade that has been put up for some of us is maybe having to go to a community college, which to most may consider you a laughing stock of your class. There is nothing wrong with community college or a in state school but it's the fact that now we are limited to choices just because universities or out of state schools require so much more cash

A better variety of required English classes available each semester, and/or eliminating unavailable classes from the course catalog. The option to take classes in 10 weeks and/or longer semesters so there is less overlap between classes, or offering classes in three sections instead of four. The eight week format is difficult for people working full-time and the class overlap makes it difficult to take more than two classes in a semester. Many students have gone to college to start over and need to get out of school quickly, so it would be nice to be able to get three classes in each semester.

In today’s society, most state colleges have become more comparable to businesses rather than universities. It is a competition between them to see who can

College is a critical time in a young adult’s life. Whether classes make a student realize his or her major isn’t right for him or her or college helps him or her get closer to his or her career, college plays a massive role in helping people. When making a decision on which college to attend, all aspects of each college should be taken into consideration. Some of the most important features of a school are the location, class size, and tuition. Lewis and Clark Community College and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville are colleges local to people in the Madison County. Lewis and Clark is a less expensive community college with a small student body who only offer Associate degrees to their students. On the other hand, SIUE (Southern Illinois

Addison states “The philosophy of a community college, and I have been two of them, is one that unconditionally allows its students to begin. Just begin.”(Addison 256). This quote talks about how some community colleges let some college students begin on their own time. Addison talks about that everyone should get a chance to attend a community college so that they can some college education. At least I am taking my chance attending a community college so I can get most of the classes that are required for me to take at Iowa State out of the way. Another point in my decisions is the class size of community college.

By the time most students start thinking about the credits they had previously earned at the community college it is too late and they have already lost them. This is the most difficult part of the transferring process due to the fact that

Some of our community colleges are beginning to fail and need to be updated. They are starting to become very outdated. They receive new students with different learning styles that they have not seen very often and do not know how to deal with all of the new students. There have been several ideas offered to revamp community colleges, some extreme and some not as much. While our professional help systems, prices, and remedial class systems may be outdated, community colleges need to continue offering a wide variety of classes, at least until it is proven that a smaller variety would be beneficial and not harmful.

When I was a senior in high school I was accepted to Penn State and a few other schools, and was really pleased with how I had done at the end of my four years at my school, Council Rock North. But after a few weeks of investigating the potential costs and realizing that my savings would not be able to cover the costs of attending a 4 year school without putting my family and myself in a lot of debt, I realized that I could instead go to the local community college. I really liked this option because it allowed me to explore many of my passions for Computer Science without making a huge investment and locking myself into a certain path. Having now spent the last 2 years at Bucks County Community College, I've really deepened my passion for

Students go to college in search of knowledge, a new lifestyle, and the hope of a job after graduation. For many young adults, college is a rite of passage into an independent, mature new lifestyle. Not only is higher education a rite of passage, for some, it is also an opportunity to have a better life. Overall, college is a wonderful part of many people’s lives, yet the way the college education system is conducted wastes students time and money. College is basically composed of two parts: general education classes and major specific classes. General education courses are the source of wasted time and money, and should not be required of students. A few of the problems associated with general education classes are that they are

To keep up with student needs and new technology, an auction method for course registration was created in 1981. “The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business instituted a computerized course registration system in 1981. The system has been successful in allocating limited classroom and faculty resources among the students” (Graves, Schrage, and Sankaran 81), this computerized system is used at Normandale Community College. While the system does its job by filling classes to its capacity, there is a common problem that the classes fill too quickly, and many students are left with holes in their schedules.For some students this is a minor problem, but for others it could be detrimental. Certain courses are required for graduation based on a student’s major, and not being able to get the credits could delay graduation. Ultimately, this would cost the student more time and money. Although it may be unavoidable, there are a few possible solutions for a student to increase their chance of getting into these full

It is pretty apparent that in America, and elsewhere, most parents and general adults want what is best for their children in terms of education. This mindset can be seen reflected in the legislative aspects of our education system; there are many incentives pushing through the school boards and legislatures of our nation in order to attempt to further refine the education system. This is important as it allows us to refine traditional American education in order to improve upon it, and one of these attempt refinements and improvements has to deal with the subject of class size. For many people, large classroom sizes are a spawning ground for many issues with the education system: high distraction in the classroom, teacher inefficiency, among a plethora of others. Although it may seem regressive to favor small classes over bigger, more potentially diverse classes, small class sizes are more beneficial for education in that it is less distracting for the students and raises the possibility of staying focused, it potentially raises teacher-student relationships, and it allows for better results and better statistics coming from these smaller classes.

Establish credibility: Well, this is exactly what is going on in hospital and nursing facility around the world. Someone may ask why this happening? Me being a transferred student from one state (Maryland to Mississippi) I have noticed that the Maryland prerequites classes was different than Mississippi. For instance, in Maryland in order to take any Biology classes you must have taken a college math class. Also in Maryland in order to take Sociology or Psychology you must have completed English 101. In Mississippi I started my Biology classes without college math