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 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…)
