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Thursday, April 2, 2009
Community college penalty? It’s how you read the numbers.
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about a study that said community college students are less likely to earn a bachelor’s degree than students who started out at a four year school.
The report also stated that associate-degree holders who did earn bachelor’s degrees were shown to earn less than their bachelor-degree-only counterparts.
I expressed surprise, as did a number of you who commented on the blog.
Clark State Community College President Karen Rafinski said she too read the report and found it both interesting and lacking when it came to describing the educational path of a community college student.
She said the report - Did not account for a student who decides to pursue an associate’s degree only: (such as in high paying fields such as nursing and engineering.)
Did not point out that many community college students are older, part-time students with families and therefore take longer to achieve a bachelor’s degree.
Did not say whether some of the students who obtained bachelor’s degrees without first getting an associate’s was counted as starting at a community college.
The full story is in the print version of today’s News-Sun.
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Summer STEM Academy offers college credit
Dayton-area high school students can study science, technology, engineering and mathematics this summer while earning both college credit and a stipend.
A regional collaboration among Wright State University’s main and Lake campuses, Clark State Community College and Sinclair Community College has created the Dayton Regional Summer STEM Academy (DRSSA), to be offered July 20-Aug. 7, on the four college campuses.
The partnership also includes 11 area high schools, three elementary schools, and four corporate and industry partners.
DRSSA will offer a three-week residential, interdisciplinary curriculum in mathematics, engineering, biological sciences and technology to 30 high school juniors and seniors from the 11 participating rural, urban and suburban schools.
Students will have the opportunity to earn dual high school and college credit, including five transferable college credit hours in college algebra, while also exploring a STEM teaching career through tutoring and service learning opportunities at the three partner elementary schools.
High school students entering their junior and senior year, with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, who are considering careers in STEM and/or related disciplines, and who receive a recommendation from a high school mathematics or science teacher or guidance counselor are encouraged to apply.
Students selected to participate will receive a participation stipend of $200 per week, or $600 total, to offset any summer employment earnings they might lose, and an additional $100 for participation in the follow-up activities throughout the academic year.
DRSSA is funded through an Ohio Board of Regents’ initiative called the Regents STEM and Foreign Language Academies.
For more information, including a list of participating high schools, click here or contact Wright State’s Office of Pre-College Programs at (937) 775-3135.
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