Kingsborough Community College

Racism I was asked to join the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program(CSTEP) in Kingsborough Community College by my biology professor, Professor Servinsky, he said that it is not going to be easy for me to get in, but he will try his best to help me. So, I procrastinated I didn’t go as soon as I could. I was afraid of the extra work and the new experience and I’m already feeling out of my skin here in college, new people, new environment. Once I had my priorities set I went to his office he wasn’t

City college being one of the top CUNY school is a disgrace based on my experience. As a student at City College, I have taken notice that the financial aid and advisement department have a disorganized system and every transfer student that I had spoken too, are also displeased with the way the system works in both departments. On my part, adjusting to a new environment is a challenge because everything is new. So, transferring from Kingsborough community college to City college is a very big challenge

system, the senior colleges are Baruch, Brooklyn College, City College, Hunter, John Jay, Lehman, Medgar Evers, New York City College of Technology, Queens College, College of Staten Island, York, the Graduate School, Journalism School, School of Professional Studies, the Law School. The community colleges within CUNY are Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), Bronx Community College (BCC), Hostos Community College, Kingsborough Community College, LaGuardia Community College, and Queensborough

into our society so deep that we do not even know were guilty of it anymore. Bias towards people of faith has been one of the oldest forms recorded. I myself have been a victim of prejudgment for my faith. Before I chose to attend Kingsborough Community College I was working as an Electrical Contractor for a small company. Though my company employed a diverse team of employees I was one of the only Jews there. During my employment in this company I mostly felt respected and treated fairly. All

Being a college student is so hard and I know that a lot of people can relate to this. You spend long hours studying for subjects that you are not interested in, you are constantly being judged by how well you perform your tasks, an exam determines how much you know, regardless of your actual knowledge on subjects, and the system lets your GPA define you as a person. Not to mention the impact that college can have on your mental and physical health. And a friend asked me the other, do you really

Changes in the Nursing Program Even though Registered Nurses are in high demand, Victor Valley Community College instituted a multi screening point assignment to really weed out applicants that are qualified for the program. “According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), more than 30,000 qualified applicants have been turned away from nursing education programs every year since 2002”. VVC offers an associate program, which would normally be two years long. With numerous test

Community colleges in the United States develop rapidly and have become a vital component of the postsecondary education delivery system. As of 2011-2012 school year, 45% of all undergraduate students were enrolled in public two-year colleges, approximately 8.3 million students (Knapp et al., 2012. Cited by AACC Fast Facts). And it seems that with globalization and Obama’s education agenda, the trend of growing enrollment in community colleges won’t change. A high school graduate who decides to pursue

Tech Prep Although the development and implementation of tech prep education programs have been in process since the initiation of the Carl D. Perkins Act Amendments of 1990, misconceptions about tech prep education still exist. As defined in provisions authorizing Perkins funds for tech prep, a tech prep education program is a combined secondary and postsecondary program that- leads to an associate degree or two-year certificate; provides technical preparation in at least one field

is inevitable. In 1834, Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio was the only institution that did not discriminate in the admission of students due to race or sex (Watson, 1977). This institution admitted four young women into a core curriculum, allowing for Oberlin College to be the first co-educational school of higher education in the country (Watson, 1977). Although the opportunity existed for women to enter the doors of higher education, enrollment in the college did not guarantee equality. Women

Undocumented Student Access to Public Higher Education Elizabeth Fava Florida International University EDH 6055: Access and Choice in US Higher Education Approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants are currently living in the U.S., an estimated 2.3 million undocumented students are in the U.S. K-12 system and yet only an estimated 65,000 graduate from high school (Jauregui, Slate, & Stallone Brown, 2008; Diaz-Strong, Gomez, Luna-Duarte, & Meiners, 2011). Of those 65,000 students