Corey Palmer, D#5, HW# 3 -9
Marissa Rodas, D#5 HW#6 Decide What Primary Data to Collect
How did the reading and work this week help you achieve the course competencies?
I learned how to collect some data based on my reading for the week. I got some valuable feedback from a couple of my classmates. I believe I am on track – still – to exceed the course competencies.
How did the work this week help you achieve your personal course goals?
My personal goal is to get a good grade in this class and to learn how to be a better writer. So far I believe I am achieving my personal goals. I think the textbook is gonna be a long term reference manual for me.
How did the work this week help you to better understand research and writing processes?
With the reading I have decided to use observation and interviews to enhance my research question viewpoints. I have chosen not to use surveys as I mentioned before.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
D#5, HW#6 - Decide what data to Collect (p. 108)
Is there a person, place, activity or ritual that you might watch, hear or experience in order to answer your research question?
Yes, there are several people (friends, co-workers and peers) who I can watch to see if they suffer through any of the stigmas of community college life. Plus, my friends who go to ASU will provide me further insight. One of classmates in here made an excellent suggestion – to find someone who has experience with both the community college and big campus lifestyle. All the activities and rituals of each campus lie can be explored.
Would observing your subject over time provide data that would help you answer your research question?
Yep. By watching over time I can see how the stigmas associated with community college are proven false. (These are closed-ended questions!)
Could you participate in an event, ritual or environment that would give you a unique insight into the subject you are studying?
Nah. At least I can’t think of anything. Perhaps by attending an ASU football vs. an MCC football game I can observe the event and environmental differences.
Would talking to experts in a particular field help you answer your research question?
I could speak with Advisors at each school to gain a different point-of-view – albeit bias point-of-views.
Would speaking with participants in or members of a specific community help you to answer your research question?
I am not too sure what is meant with this question. I can’t think of any “community” that would not have pre-conceived notions about attending a community college.
What could you learn from speaking with someone that you can’t learn from reading already published information or from conducting and observation?
Advisors at each school (MCC and ASU) is all I can think of at this point.
What can you learn from a survey that you can’t learn from an interview or observation?
Not too much. My dad works for a pharmaceutical marketing research firm. He is the VP over data analysis resulting from surveys. He has told me over and over that you can ask the same survey question ten different ways and come up with one thousand different results. I’m not a big believer in surveys.
How many people would you need to poll in order to answer your research question?
See above.
Do you have the time to design a successful survey, distribute it, collect responses, and analyze the data?
No. (And that’s what you get for asking a closed-end question.)
Yes, there are several people (friends, co-workers and peers) who I can watch to see if they suffer through any of the stigmas of community college life. Plus, my friends who go to ASU will provide me further insight. One of classmates in here made an excellent suggestion – to find someone who has experience with both the community college and big campus lifestyle. All the activities and rituals of each campus lie can be explored.
Would observing your subject over time provide data that would help you answer your research question?
Yep. By watching over time I can see how the stigmas associated with community college are proven false. (These are closed-ended questions!)
Could you participate in an event, ritual or environment that would give you a unique insight into the subject you are studying?
Nah. At least I can’t think of anything. Perhaps by attending an ASU football vs. an MCC football game I can observe the event and environmental differences.
Would talking to experts in a particular field help you answer your research question?
I could speak with Advisors at each school to gain a different point-of-view – albeit bias point-of-views.
Would speaking with participants in or members of a specific community help you to answer your research question?
I am not too sure what is meant with this question. I can’t think of any “community” that would not have pre-conceived notions about attending a community college.
What could you learn from speaking with someone that you can’t learn from reading already published information or from conducting and observation?
Advisors at each school (MCC and ASU) is all I can think of at this point.
What can you learn from a survey that you can’t learn from an interview or observation?
Not too much. My dad works for a pharmaceutical marketing research firm. He is the VP over data analysis resulting from surveys. He has told me over and over that you can ask the same survey question ten different ways and come up with one thousand different results. I’m not a big believer in surveys.
How many people would you need to poll in order to answer your research question?
See above.
Do you have the time to design a successful survey, distribute it, collect responses, and analyze the data?
No. (And that’s what you get for asking a closed-end question.)
D#5, HW#5 - Peer Reivew Relection
http://summer-english102blog.blogspot.com/2009/09/d4-hw9-wp1-draft.html
http://missrodas.blogspot.com/2009/09/d4-hw9-wp1.html
What did you learn from reading and replying to your classmates' drafts?
I learned that I am on the correct path with my draft. If my classmates are an indication of the direction we should be following then my draft is meeting the challenge. … Just re-read a couple of drafts, it seems now that I may be a bit chatty in my draft.
After reviewing their drafts, what do you realize you need to revise in your own draft?
It seems like I stray from my research topic at times. It’s funny because when you are “in-the-moment” writing the paper it seemed that the sentences and paragraphs flowed. Now that I read my classmates papers, it seems that my paper is disjointed.
Now read the reviews conducted on your draft (please list the names of your classmate's who reviewed your draft).
Did any comments surprise you? Why or why not?
NOT DONE YET
Finally, look at the originality report generated by Turnitin.com. Does Turnitin.com identify sections of your paper you may want to revise? Why or why not? (For help interpreting your originality report, watch the "Viewing a Report" video at Turnitin.com.
Hmmmm…? Turnitin.com had absolutely no comments about my paper as the originality report Similarity Report registered a big fat zero percent. Is that a good thing?
Based on these reflections, what do you need to revise before submitting a final version of your paper?
I need to improve the flow of my research paper. I will make changes too allow for better transitions between paragraphs. I will make some changes to allow for better paragraph unity. And I need to work on my paragraph length consistency. Expect to see these changes in my final draft.
http://missrodas.blogspot.com/2009/09/d4-hw9-wp1.html
What did you learn from reading and replying to your classmates' drafts?
I learned that I am on the correct path with my draft. If my classmates are an indication of the direction we should be following then my draft is meeting the challenge. … Just re-read a couple of drafts, it seems now that I may be a bit chatty in my draft.
After reviewing their drafts, what do you realize you need to revise in your own draft?
It seems like I stray from my research topic at times. It’s funny because when you are “in-the-moment” writing the paper it seemed that the sentences and paragraphs flowed. Now that I read my classmates papers, it seems that my paper is disjointed.
Now read the reviews conducted on your draft (please list the names of your classmate's who reviewed your draft).
Did any comments surprise you? Why or why not?
NOT DONE YET
Finally, look at the originality report generated by Turnitin.com. Does Turnitin.com identify sections of your paper you may want to revise? Why or why not? (For help interpreting your originality report, watch the "Viewing a Report" video at Turnitin.com.
Hmmmm…? Turnitin.com had absolutely no comments about my paper as the originality report Similarity Report registered a big fat zero percent. Is that a good thing?
Based on these reflections, what do you need to revise before submitting a final version of your paper?
I need to improve the flow of my research paper. I will make changes too allow for better transitions between paragraphs. I will make some changes to allow for better paragraph unity. And I need to work on my paragraph length consistency. Expect to see these changes in my final draft.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
D#5, HW#3 - Paragraph Analysis
Paragraph analysis of my draft of WP#1
My WP#1 draft contains nine paragraphs. The point of paragraph one was to introduction my audience to me - the author. My first paragraphs function is to introduce my research topic on community college stigmas with some background information. It relates to the next paragraph because I used a transition - “fast forward” - to pick up the second paragraph temporal relationship way. The point of my second paragraph was show where I am at today with my community college experience. This is the paragraph where I begin to demonstrate to my audience where I stand on community college stigmas. I presented examples of stigmas as told to me by family and friends and denounce them based on my current experiences. I didn’t do a good job in transitioning to my third paragraph. This paragraph introduces why this is a controversial topic. I put this paragraph here to keep my audience interested in the topic. I then went on to paragraph five where I wrote about why the topic was important to me. I did make an effort to transition into paragraph six where I discuss my audience (my fellow MCC classmates) and why this topic may be important to them as well. In paragraph six I discussed the personal nature of this topic of community college stigmas. This paragraph shows my passion for the research topic. I give an example of the type people I met at ASU initially. This is a personal story to lend credence to my passion for the topic. I transitioned from paragraph six to paragraph seven by saying “in addition to initial impressions….” This transition leads the readers to another topic of why I chose community college over a four-year mega campus. Unfortunately, there was no transition into paragraph eight. The point of paragraph was to search with my readers some of the sub-topics I expect to include in my final research paper. Paragraph eight was a semi-conclusive paragraph. My final paragraph did begin with the transition word “finally” to show a logical relationship. The final paragraph, on hindsight, should have summarized the entire draft but (sadly) it did not. I’ll have to re-do my closing paragraph. Another thing I’ll have to re-do is my paragraph length consistency. I have very little balance in some of the paragraphs. Finally, I think I did a good job with my Unity, Coherence, Logical and Verbal bridges. My classmates will tell me for sure if I did or not.
My WP#1 draft contains nine paragraphs. The point of paragraph one was to introduction my audience to me - the author. My first paragraphs function is to introduce my research topic on community college stigmas with some background information. It relates to the next paragraph because I used a transition - “fast forward” - to pick up the second paragraph temporal relationship way. The point of my second paragraph was show where I am at today with my community college experience. This is the paragraph where I begin to demonstrate to my audience where I stand on community college stigmas. I presented examples of stigmas as told to me by family and friends and denounce them based on my current experiences. I didn’t do a good job in transitioning to my third paragraph. This paragraph introduces why this is a controversial topic. I put this paragraph here to keep my audience interested in the topic. I then went on to paragraph five where I wrote about why the topic was important to me. I did make an effort to transition into paragraph six where I discuss my audience (my fellow MCC classmates) and why this topic may be important to them as well. In paragraph six I discussed the personal nature of this topic of community college stigmas. This paragraph shows my passion for the research topic. I give an example of the type people I met at ASU initially. This is a personal story to lend credence to my passion for the topic. I transitioned from paragraph six to paragraph seven by saying “in addition to initial impressions….” This transition leads the readers to another topic of why I chose community college over a four-year mega campus. Unfortunately, there was no transition into paragraph eight. The point of paragraph was to search with my readers some of the sub-topics I expect to include in my final research paper. Paragraph eight was a semi-conclusive paragraph. My final paragraph did begin with the transition word “finally” to show a logical relationship. The final paragraph, on hindsight, should have summarized the entire draft but (sadly) it did not. I’ll have to re-do my closing paragraph. Another thing I’ll have to re-do is my paragraph length consistency. I have very little balance in some of the paragraphs. Finally, I think I did a good job with my Unity, Coherence, Logical and Verbal bridges. My classmates will tell me for sure if I did or not.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
D#4, HW#9 - WP#1 Draft
Andres Cox – ENG102 –Section 24271 – Writing Project #1 (Draft)
Debunking the stigmas of attending a Community College
I had a wonderful time in high school with my many friends. I will always have good memories of the things my friends and I did together. The “clique” I hung with was called the “Jocks”. I played club baseball year-round. I was a starter for the school’s baseball team for each of my four years. During my senior year we had a good team that went to the state division 5A-II championship baseball game. We lost to Marcos de Niza of Tempe in that game. We were a close knit group of guys. When we individually decided on which college to attend the decision was a ‘no-brainer’ for most of us. From early on we all knew that we wanted to go to a Division I school – preferably Arizona State University. But as I focused on what I really wanted to do after my high school academic and athletic career, I decided that I wanted to become a Physical Therapist. The reality of attending college was upon me. Due to several reasons that I’ll talk about later, I decided that I did not want to attend ASU all four years. I choose Mesa Community College as the school I wanted to attend after high school. This decision with met with a lot of jokes from my friends and family. The jokes and ridicules of my decision were at first good natured. But once everyone close to me realized that I was serious about attending a community college the jokes became aimed at me making a “dumb decision”. I was stunned. I didn’t know how to respond to my friends and family members. It was at this point that I realized that there were stigmas associated with attending a community college.
Now let’s fast forward to the present. I have two full semesters at Mesa Community College behind me and through my experiences; I now believe the stigmas are not warranted. In this paper I will focus on identifying the most prevalent stigmas associated with attending a community college and show why my decision to begin my college academic career at Mesa Community College has been as successful - if not more successful - than I had I chose to attend Arizona State University from day one. The things that I was told that were going to happen to me have not happened. I would be bored. I will not get the quality of education I would get at ASU. I would be in class with losers and high school dropouts. The campus is not up-to-date. These were some of the false stigmas presented to me by family and friends.
This is a controversial topic because the perception of choosing a community college over a four-year school has been seen as “settling for less’ by many of my peers and family. The controversy is rooted in the belief that one cannot get a good, quality education if they first attend a community college before going on to finish their degree at a four-year school. I contend that attending my community college has provided me every advantage a four-year school can provide. I do understand that the choice I made is best for me and, as I mentioned earlier, I will give my reasons for choosing MCC over ASU.
I am proposing this research topic because it is important to me to convey my thoughts and experiences with the community college life. I was made to feel that I was “taking the easy road” to get my degree by not only my friends but my parents as well. There was a level of peer pressure to attend ASU. And pressures put on me were for all the wrong reasons including partying, drinking and “hanging out”. I was made to feel that my academics would be sub-par compared to ASU. I can now refute this based on the workload I have had at Mesa Community College versus what I observe from my ASU friends.
I also feel that my audience, my fellow classmates, will gain some insight on why I feel that the community college experience can be just as enriching as the four-year school campus lifestyle. And although there may be stigmas that I may not address in my research, my audience will benefit from what I write about in this essay. And, although this may not be an important topic for everyone; it can be reassuring to read a paper that defends the personal decision of one person who chose the “simple life” of a community college over the “hustle and bustle” of a major university. Either way, I know that my classmates (audience) will be able to defend their decision to attend a community college after reading my research paper – if the opportunity to do so presents itself.
Why is the topic of community college bias so personal to me? It starts with my decision to attend Mesa Community College. I made this decision because after tutoring ASU one spring, I found the campus to be big and sprawling. I found myself lost in the ocean of students hustling from classroom to classroom. I found the administrative staff cold and uncaring. I remember once I asked a person behind the student services desk to point me to a specific building. She just blew me off and pointed in a general direction. “Over there, around that corner!” she practically yelled. As if I was intruding on HER time. Wow, I thought, welcome to ASU. A few weeks later I visited MCC for the first time. The campus was much smaller and I found the people on campus very friendly. I was able to easily get in and speak with an Advisor. She was extremely nice and gave me all the information I needed to get started. Unlike at ASU where they wanted to push me to the Internet to every last piece of information I needed for admission. MCC, on the other hand, guided me through the process so that I would not make any mistakes. It is as if I made a connection with the staff at MCC. Now, admittedly, I have visited the ASU campus several times since the incident I’ve talked about and I have found the people there for the most part very friendly. But when you are making a decision on which college to attend initial impressions are everything.
In addition to initial impressions, I was equally impressed with the fees of Mesa Community College. I really was happy with the amount of money I would have to give up to attend Mesa versus the endless fees for ASU. I do not want to be one of those people who have a ton of college loan debt. I work part time to pay for my books and my housing. My parents are helping me pay for tuition at Mesa. At Mesa, I found that I would pay for Tuition, Books, some administrative, math and science lab fees. And that is it. Wile at ASU in addition to what I already listed, there were parking fees, dorm fees (if I chose to live on campus) and other “nickel-and-dime” fees. I thought the fees charged at ASU were too much in compared to Mesa Community College.
When I complete my final research report I will have identified most of the prevalent stigmas of attending a community college given my experiences from family and friends. As I do my research I will use the internet and the Mesa Community College Library to find resources that will further explain these stigmas. I plan on discussing why these stigmas exist as well. I will expose the pre-conceived ideas of the lifestyle, the quality of education and the image of the community college attendee. I will ensure that I stay within the boundaries of my initial research question. I have a tendency to drift away from discussing and defending my main point at times in my writing. I will also make sure that I show an opposing point-of-view as well. I mentioned that the decision to attend a community college was good for me. Both my parents are four-year college graduates and neither attended a community college. I will share their point-of-view on why they thought attending a community college would be bad for me. In addition, I have a couple of old high school friends that started out at ASU only to drop out. They are not attending Scottsdale Community College. I’d like to share those experiences as well. The one disadvantage that I have as an author on this topic is that I have not attended a big campus college. I can make for this deficiency but sharing the experiences of my friends who have attended both types of colleges. I will make my final report a well-round expose that includes a wealth of information and view points for a lot of different angles.
Finally, I may not be able to convince everyone that attending a community college is not as bad as some people make it out to be. That is not really my goal in selecting this research topic. My goals are two-fold: 1) allow me a forum to defend my decision to attend a community college before I transfer to a four-year school and 2) provide a resource for anyone else reading my research paper who may have had remarks directed at them because of their choice to attend a community over a four-year school.
Debunking the stigmas of attending a Community College
I had a wonderful time in high school with my many friends. I will always have good memories of the things my friends and I did together. The “clique” I hung with was called the “Jocks”. I played club baseball year-round. I was a starter for the school’s baseball team for each of my four years. During my senior year we had a good team that went to the state division 5A-II championship baseball game. We lost to Marcos de Niza of Tempe in that game. We were a close knit group of guys. When we individually decided on which college to attend the decision was a ‘no-brainer’ for most of us. From early on we all knew that we wanted to go to a Division I school – preferably Arizona State University. But as I focused on what I really wanted to do after my high school academic and athletic career, I decided that I wanted to become a Physical Therapist. The reality of attending college was upon me. Due to several reasons that I’ll talk about later, I decided that I did not want to attend ASU all four years. I choose Mesa Community College as the school I wanted to attend after high school. This decision with met with a lot of jokes from my friends and family. The jokes and ridicules of my decision were at first good natured. But once everyone close to me realized that I was serious about attending a community college the jokes became aimed at me making a “dumb decision”. I was stunned. I didn’t know how to respond to my friends and family members. It was at this point that I realized that there were stigmas associated with attending a community college.
Now let’s fast forward to the present. I have two full semesters at Mesa Community College behind me and through my experiences; I now believe the stigmas are not warranted. In this paper I will focus on identifying the most prevalent stigmas associated with attending a community college and show why my decision to begin my college academic career at Mesa Community College has been as successful - if not more successful - than I had I chose to attend Arizona State University from day one. The things that I was told that were going to happen to me have not happened. I would be bored. I will not get the quality of education I would get at ASU. I would be in class with losers and high school dropouts. The campus is not up-to-date. These were some of the false stigmas presented to me by family and friends.
This is a controversial topic because the perception of choosing a community college over a four-year school has been seen as “settling for less’ by many of my peers and family. The controversy is rooted in the belief that one cannot get a good, quality education if they first attend a community college before going on to finish their degree at a four-year school. I contend that attending my community college has provided me every advantage a four-year school can provide. I do understand that the choice I made is best for me and, as I mentioned earlier, I will give my reasons for choosing MCC over ASU.
I am proposing this research topic because it is important to me to convey my thoughts and experiences with the community college life. I was made to feel that I was “taking the easy road” to get my degree by not only my friends but my parents as well. There was a level of peer pressure to attend ASU. And pressures put on me were for all the wrong reasons including partying, drinking and “hanging out”. I was made to feel that my academics would be sub-par compared to ASU. I can now refute this based on the workload I have had at Mesa Community College versus what I observe from my ASU friends.
I also feel that my audience, my fellow classmates, will gain some insight on why I feel that the community college experience can be just as enriching as the four-year school campus lifestyle. And although there may be stigmas that I may not address in my research, my audience will benefit from what I write about in this essay. And, although this may not be an important topic for everyone; it can be reassuring to read a paper that defends the personal decision of one person who chose the “simple life” of a community college over the “hustle and bustle” of a major university. Either way, I know that my classmates (audience) will be able to defend their decision to attend a community college after reading my research paper – if the opportunity to do so presents itself.
Why is the topic of community college bias so personal to me? It starts with my decision to attend Mesa Community College. I made this decision because after tutoring ASU one spring, I found the campus to be big and sprawling. I found myself lost in the ocean of students hustling from classroom to classroom. I found the administrative staff cold and uncaring. I remember once I asked a person behind the student services desk to point me to a specific building. She just blew me off and pointed in a general direction. “Over there, around that corner!” she practically yelled. As if I was intruding on HER time. Wow, I thought, welcome to ASU. A few weeks later I visited MCC for the first time. The campus was much smaller and I found the people on campus very friendly. I was able to easily get in and speak with an Advisor. She was extremely nice and gave me all the information I needed to get started. Unlike at ASU where they wanted to push me to the Internet to every last piece of information I needed for admission. MCC, on the other hand, guided me through the process so that I would not make any mistakes. It is as if I made a connection with the staff at MCC. Now, admittedly, I have visited the ASU campus several times since the incident I’ve talked about and I have found the people there for the most part very friendly. But when you are making a decision on which college to attend initial impressions are everything.
In addition to initial impressions, I was equally impressed with the fees of Mesa Community College. I really was happy with the amount of money I would have to give up to attend Mesa versus the endless fees for ASU. I do not want to be one of those people who have a ton of college loan debt. I work part time to pay for my books and my housing. My parents are helping me pay for tuition at Mesa. At Mesa, I found that I would pay for Tuition, Books, some administrative, math and science lab fees. And that is it. Wile at ASU in addition to what I already listed, there were parking fees, dorm fees (if I chose to live on campus) and other “nickel-and-dime” fees. I thought the fees charged at ASU were too much in compared to Mesa Community College.
When I complete my final research report I will have identified most of the prevalent stigmas of attending a community college given my experiences from family and friends. As I do my research I will use the internet and the Mesa Community College Library to find resources that will further explain these stigmas. I plan on discussing why these stigmas exist as well. I will expose the pre-conceived ideas of the lifestyle, the quality of education and the image of the community college attendee. I will ensure that I stay within the boundaries of my initial research question. I have a tendency to drift away from discussing and defending my main point at times in my writing. I will also make sure that I show an opposing point-of-view as well. I mentioned that the decision to attend a community college was good for me. Both my parents are four-year college graduates and neither attended a community college. I will share their point-of-view on why they thought attending a community college would be bad for me. In addition, I have a couple of old high school friends that started out at ASU only to drop out. They are not attending Scottsdale Community College. I’d like to share those experiences as well. The one disadvantage that I have as an author on this topic is that I have not attended a big campus college. I can make for this deficiency but sharing the experiences of my friends who have attended both types of colleges. I will make my final report a well-round expose that includes a wealth of information and view points for a lot of different angles.
Finally, I may not be able to convince everyone that attending a community college is not as bad as some people make it out to be. That is not really my goal in selecting this research topic. My goals are two-fold: 1) allow me a forum to defend my decision to attend a community college before I transfer to a four-year school and 2) provide a resource for anyone else reading my research paper who may have had remarks directed at them because of their choice to attend a community over a four-year school.
D#4, HW#12 - Reflect on your learning
Post THREE different postings on D#4 HW#4
1 Summer Bretz, D#4, HW#4
2 Marissa Rodas, D#4, HW#4
3 April Boyd, D#4, HW 3 – 8
Post THREE different postings on any other homework post
1 Summer Bretz, D#4, HW#5
2 Corey Palmer, D#4, HW#1-8
3 Marissa Rodas, D#4, HW#8
Personal thanks to you guys for getting your homework done early this week. I really appreciate this!
Relect:
How did the reading and work this week help you achieve the course competencies?
How did the work this week help you achieve your personal course goals?
How did the work this week help you to better understand research and writing processes?
This week, through my reading, I was able to see how to manage my topic, focus my research topic, write my research question and figure out my place in the rhetorical situation. Each of these topics kept me focused on the course competencies. I am now better able to understand the research and writing processes with all these “reflections” we are doing. I like I said before, we are on a journey through learning how to do research writing. This week’s course work reinforces that big picture.
1 Summer Bretz, D#4, HW#4
2 Marissa Rodas, D#4, HW#4
3 April Boyd, D#4, HW 3 – 8
Post THREE different postings on any other homework post
1 Summer Bretz, D#4, HW#5
2 Corey Palmer, D#4, HW#1-8
3 Marissa Rodas, D#4, HW#8
Personal thanks to you guys for getting your homework done early this week. I really appreciate this!
Relect:
How did the reading and work this week help you achieve the course competencies?
How did the work this week help you achieve your personal course goals?
How did the work this week help you to better understand research and writing processes?
This week, through my reading, I was able to see how to manage my topic, focus my research topic, write my research question and figure out my place in the rhetorical situation. Each of these topics kept me focused on the course competencies. I am now better able to understand the research and writing processes with all these “reflections” we are doing. I like I said before, we are on a journey through learning how to do research writing. This week’s course work reinforces that big picture.
Friday, September 18, 2009
D#4, HW#11 - 2 annotated bibliography entries
O'Brien, George Dennis (1998). All the Essential Half-Truths about Higher Education. University of Chicago Press. Retrieved September 18 2009, from http://site.ebrary.com.ezp.mc.maricopa.edu/lib/mesa/home.action.
This book discusses some of the issues (half-truths) with higher education. I liked some of the information contained within it as the author confirmed some of my thoughts about value education. I could not find out how authoritative the book may be but it is loaded with reference materials from several reputable sources.
Ernest Calderon. (2009, September 1). “College must remain affordable amid cuts.” Arizona Republic. Retrieved on September 18 2009 from ProQuest Dtatabase.
I found this very recent article that discusses the need to keep college affordable at the three major state universities. Within the article is discussion on a 2+2 system where community college education is blended in with four-year schools. This is a relevant topic for me as it implies that more students can get a good education before transferring to a state four-year school. The author is the president of the Arizona Board of Regents.
This book discusses some of the issues (half-truths) with higher education. I liked some of the information contained within it as the author confirmed some of my thoughts about value education. I could not find out how authoritative the book may be but it is loaded with reference materials from several reputable sources.
Ernest Calderon. (2009, September 1). “College must remain affordable amid cuts.” Arizona Republic. Retrieved on September 18 2009 from ProQuest Dtatabase.
I found this very recent article that discusses the need to keep college affordable at the three major state universities. Within the article is discussion on a 2+2 system where community college education is blended in with four-year schools. This is a relevant topic for me as it implies that more students can get a good education before transferring to a state four-year school. The author is the president of the Arizona Board of Regents.
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