“What’s the Matter with College?” piece. Addison is an advocate of the American community college system‚ which enabled her to reach her own goals of becoming a veterinarian student. Perlstein’s piece is a nostalgic description of what the four-year college experience used to entail for students‚ as he laments over the days where “pretentious reading lists was all it took to lift a child from suburbia” and when college “really mattered.” Addison argues that the community college offers a refuge that
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Advantages of Attending a Community College Choosing a community college over a four-year institution has several advantages. You’ll save money by paying less per credit hour than you would at a four-year school while taking time to explore your options. For example‚ the average cost per credit hour for in-district students attending Pulaski Technical College is $72 compared to about $154 per credit hour at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). Most community colleges are generally close
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Community college‚ The worst fear for some and the best experience for others. Many people think that community college is a bad place to attend. They think they might not be good enough to be in a 4 year university. They seem to take that negativity throughout‚ their whole college experience. In the article‚ The Seven False Beliefs: Addressing the psychosocial Underpreparedness of the community College Student by Miranda‚ It stated that many community college students don’t start with the greatest
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Community college is the first step to becoming closer to your career. You want to make the most out of your time as a student by being productive. In order to be a successful community college student you need to set goals‚ participate in your classes‚ and manage your time wisely. Setting goals is an effective way to be a successful community college student. One way to set a goal is to write down what you want to achieve in school. For example‚ if you have a test in a week and you did poor on
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Mariela Figueroa Assignment #1 Houston Community College Houston Community College offers facilities to serve students‚ in all disciplines‚ improve students ’ learning skills and by targeting specific areas of concern. Students can use these resources throughout their college careers. You don ’t need an appointment to visit any of the resources offices and there is no charge for use of the labs‚ Word processing software and online tutoring service are also available. Northeast campus includes
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GRADUATE TRACER STUDY (GTS 2012) About: A research study of the College of Education of the De La Salle University-Manila with a grant-in-aid from the Commission on Higher Education. Its main component is an online survey that seeks to examine the employability of Philippine college graduates from batch 2006 to 2010 from 837 colleges/universities. Survey link: www.knowledgecommunity.ph Duration: Survey will run from July 13 to October 31‚ 2012 Target respondents: The target respondents
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(Biol 515 at SDSU‚ Fall 2001) Copyright © 2002 by Angela Mackey and Brian T. Hentschel (hentsche@sunstroke.sdsu.edu) INTRODUCTION The echinoderm class Holothuroidea consists of sea cucumbers‚ which can be described as worm-like organisms with elongated‚ soft bodies. Like most echinoderms‚ holothuroids have 5 rows of tube feet along their bodies. These tube feet aid the animal in attachment‚ locomotion and respiration (Pearse et al. 1987). Within the class Holothuroidea‚ there are about 1250 species
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Before attending community college‚ high school proved to be difficult in a very unexpected way. In my experience‚ high school failed to present any challenge. I quickly became more interested in things other than schoolwork‚ which was seemingly repetitive and irrelevant to my goals. Thus‚ at the start of my Junior year of highschool‚ I made a critical decision that affected me academically thereafter. Enrolling as a full-time Running Start student at Everett Community College immediately introduced
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FIN 515 14-1 Residual Distribution Model Axel Telecommunications has a target capital structure that consists of 70% debt and 30% equity. The company anticipates that its capital budget for the upcoming year will be $3 million. If Axel reports net income of $2 million and follows a residual distribution model with all distributions as dividends‚ what will be its dividend payout ratio? $410‚000 (3000000/5000000)*1000000 – (500000/5000000)*1000000 - .05(6000000)(1-.07) .6*1000000 - .1*1000000
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From Famine to Five Point Five Points is‚ as the extended title boasts‚ "The 19th century New York neighborhood that invented tap dance‚ stole elections and became the world’s most notorious slum." Unlike most subtitles that promise all by the moon and the stars‚ all these statements and more are absolutely true. The Five Points neighborhood quite literally defines the term melting pot‚ a mixture of cultures‚ faiths and political ideologies that was at one time volatile but also a source of amazing
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