Students are definitely excited that Governor Schwarzenegger is pushing for more money for financial aid and higher education, during the upcoming fiscal year in California that starts in July. However this does not help current California community college students who are trying to push forward to transfer and complete their bachelors degree that are having tremendous difficulty. Right now there is a major bottleneck with the flow of transfer students to the California State University system, who are currently not accepting midyear transfer students. (more…)
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California Community College Students Having Difficulty Transferring
Thursday, April 29th, 2010California Community Colleges Facing Nursing Backlog
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010The California community college system is responsible for educating thousands of nursing students each year, who then work to become registered nurses in the state. Nursing programs are offered at 75 California community colleges, but all the schools are full. Many of the schools have three to four year waiting lists, or lottery systems that students are hoping will allow them to get into community college to study nursing. This education is very affordable because it is a public state college, but unfortunately there is not enough space to meet the student demand. California needs roughly 10,000 more nurses soon, as more people retire and need help or older nurses retire from the profession. (more…)
California Community Colleges May Raise Fees
Monday, April 5th, 2010Fees have risen across the state at colleges and universities over the last few years, and this trend may soon carry over to the community colleges in California. Currently the UC and CSU systems are still relative bargains for higher education when compared to other colleges in the country. California community colleges are also a bargain, currently costing students $26 per unit, which is quite low compared to other U.S. colleges. Recently the Legislative Analyst’s Office provided a recommendation to the Legislature to increase fees to $40 per unit. (more…)
California Community College Starts Solar Farm Construction
Monday, March 22nd, 2010Victor Valley College in California is getting attention in the news as it follows the trend of other schools in the state who have started to work on their own solar farm. Many colleges in California are well positioned to use photovoltaic power plants to help feed the power needs for the school. SolFocus is partnering with Victor Valley College to build a massive one-megawatt solar farm in Victorville, California. The community is northeast of Los Angeles in the desert, so it receives an abundant amount of sunlight each year which will fuel the high-efficiency solar cells being installed on campus. (more…)
Career Colleges Benefiting From Crisis at California Colleges
Friday, March 5th, 2010Many students in California are thankful that they have career colleges as an option, since so many colleges and universities in the state are having budget issues. The lack of funding to California colleges and universities has created a reduction in the number of students these schools can accommodate. There are also wait lists at many universities and colleges in California, which are complicating matters as students just want to become accepted so they can further their education. This is why career colleges in California like Kaplan University and Ashford University are working with community college students, who are having trouble completing their degrees or transferring to a bachelors degree program. (more…)
Expect Fewer Students at California Community Colleges
Thursday, February 25th, 2010The rough economy has definitely not stopped the demand in the market for people to attend a California college, if anything the recession has a counter cyclical effect causing even more people to seek out a higher education. Budgets in the UC, CSU, and California community college system have made it very difficult for everyone to get into school as they had planned. Recently state Chancellor Jack Scott said that California community colleges will educate roughly 21,000 fewer students in comparison to the prior year. As the funding has been reduced, the budget issues have caught up with the the community college system making it impossible to accommodate the number of people who want to enroll. (more…)
Yuba Community College District Partners With Ashford University
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Students who are graduating from community colleges in California are finding it tougher to become accepted to the CSU or UC school they want, because of budget cuts across the state. Yuba Community College District, located north of Sacramento in Marysville, California, has just made it easier for their students to transfer to a college where they can earn their bachelor’s degree. (more…)
ACLU Demands Fresno City College Prof. Refrain From Teaching Religious Views as Fact
Thursday, February 11th, 2010In a letter sent to Fresno City College earlier this week, the ACLU demanded that Professor Dr. Bradley Lobez refrain from teaching religiously-based views as science or fact. Students at the public college in Fresno, California, have complained that Professor Lopez’s introductory health class has featured multiple lectures that taught “sectarian views and personal bias as fact,” which is a direct violation of both federal and state constitutional protections that guarantee the separation of church and state. Across the US, all publicly funded colleges and schools must follow this separation of church and state to ensure a welcoming environment for all students. (more…)
California Community Colleges Partner With Kaplan University
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Community colleges in California have had to deal with major budget cuts, which have forced many of the schools to completely cut some classes, or offer them fewer times each year. This has made it extremely difficult for students to get into the classes they need in order to graduate with their associates degree. In order to help more students complete their campus-based associates degree requirements, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office announced this week that they have teamed up with Kaplan University to allow students in California to enroll in single courses online. (more…)
Summer Session Canceled at City College of San Francisco
Friday, February 5th, 2010Budget cuts across the UC, CSU, and community college systems of California are causing numerous problems for the schools as they struggle to offer enough classes for students to graduate. There have already been a variety of classes being offered less often than expected, and when they are offered they might be full, which forces college students to wait until the next term. This scenario is even worse for students of City College of San Francisco, because the school decided to cancel their very popular summer session. The summer session at City College of San Francisco is typically a great time for students to catch up and take classes they could not attend during the normal school year. (more…)
