Community Colleges and Remedial needs

[SamIam]

If everyone "deserves" a college education and universities start handing out diplomas the way high schools do, a college degree will mean about as much as a high school diploma does today. The solution? Get an MA or PhD - at least until its decided that everyone deserves one of those, too.

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by SamIam

If everyone "deserves" a college education and universities start handing out diplomas the way high schools do, a college degree will mean about as much as a high school diploma does today. The solution? Get an MA or PhD - at least until its decided that everyone deserves one of those, too.

When my son finishes his transfer degree, he will be going to a university. In the beginning he was bewildered at the community college NOT looking like your typical college experience.

To respond to your post. I think the article said that only 25% make it past the remedial courses, so no worries about colleges giving away degrees to the undeserving.

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by skysidhe

To respond to your post. I think the article said that only 25% make it past the remedial courses, so no worries about colleges giving away degrees to the undeserving.

If the academic standards don't get them, the inability to get further FA will. Usually they fail FA standards before they fail academic standards (for one thing we count everything...took you 3 tries to pass Maths 100? We have to calculate your 2 Fs...or withdrawals or whatever) along with your successful completion, when we check for the obligatory satisfactory progress regulations.