Initiating and advocating change for students and the community without the expectation of being recognized is what has made me an HBCU All-Star. The moment I came to Nashville to attend the Illustrious Tennessee State University, I vowed to be an advocate for change and lead on and off campus. Countless hours and many sacrifices were made to ensure that my scholarship exemplified academic excellence. Extensive strategic planning and professional development was completed to ensure that my leadership was effective for my student body, local community, and the HBCU community at large. Humble and willing service to my community is what I’ve executed through my civic engagement in political and community affairs. An HBCU All-Star is a person that
In the article “Two Years are Better than Four,” Liz Addison argues that community college is better than four year universities, such as the one Rick Perlstein attended. Where Perlstein reminisces about his days in college and claims that the greatness of American colleges is gone. Addison makes it apparent to the reader that she not only disagrees with Perlstein, but makes remarks suggesting that she believes that Perlstein’s college days were less for studying and more for partying and enjoying the fact that he went to a fancy private college. Addison continues by detailing some of the opportunities for people that attend community college such as being affordable, a place for the student to begin, and possibly a better match for students’ lives. She claims that this is the way college is intended to be and by no means is college as we knew it coming to an end.
In the article “Two Year Are Better Than Four,” written by Liz Addison. She expressed her view that the community college also has significant importance in comparison with the university. Also she mentioned that community colleges do not receive the attention and admission from the education system and that community college do not receive the acknowledgment and appreciation that they deserve “College as America used to understand it is coming to an end” (Addison 211). Many argue that education really isn’t worth it at all. That intellectualism comes from somewhere other than colleges and schools. They believe that there are more important things than the degree you earn. They insist that learning basic principles through daily life
In the United States a community college is defined as a nonresidential junior college offering courses to people living in a particular area. They are post secondary schools and are also referred to as junior colleges, vocational or technical schools because generally the course of study is for two years. The student can earn an associates degree or certification and/or continue their education by transfering to a four year college to complete their educational pursuits and earn a Bachelor 's degree. Community colleges started in the late 1800’s and have grown and evolved over the years. Today many four year colleges and universities have become so expensive to attend that many prospective students are opting for the more affordable alternative of a community college for their first two years of study where they can save money by living at home and taking classes that will transfer to a four year institution, however, there are students that cannot afford the lower cost of community colleges. Though community college tuition is not paid for through taxes or by some other means, if it was it would allow for all students wanting to
Chino Hills High ASB is a well-recognized organization not only by students and staff at CHHS, but by programs like the California Association of Student Leaders. A select group of students from Chino Hills High ASB attended a conference put on by CASL, and for the past 11 years Chino Hills High ASB has won the Outstanding Leadership Program Award. The group of students who accepted this award on behalf of the CHHS Leadership program were Caleb Andrews, Bradley Mautz, Adam Cullen, Tessa Grotz, Mitchell Matthews, Josh Stroup, Alex Ro, Tanner Schroder, Audrey Johnstone, and Gullian Dyker. At the conference this year, Adam Cullen, the ASB President for the upcoming 2017-2018 school year, was elected to be on the board for the California Association of Student Leaders as a Southern Director.
Advancement in politics requires many factors, but the most significant component to achieve success in politics is to maintain good relationships with other institutions – both unofficial and official institutions. Together, the bureaucracy, interest groups, and committees of the Congress form the iron triangle, which refers to the concept that the bureaucrats, the interest groups and the congressional committees must work together in order to spread their influence throughout the nation – or the state – and to develop their powers. Iron triangles also exist in Texas, and one of Texas’ iron triangles focuses on higher education.
Like the state it calls home, The Texas Online Schools is a solid, yearning pioneer. Situated among the best and best research universities in the country, Texas Online Schools is home to more than 51,000 understudies and 3,000 teaching faculty. Together they are endeavoring to change the world through essential research and cutting edge appearing and learning frameworks. Here, custom and progression blend reliably to outfit understudies with a solid college experience. Amidst the setting of Austin, Texas Online Schools, a city saw for its imaginative and entrepreneurial soul, the school gives a spot to explore boundless open entryways for tomorrow's skilled workers, analysts, contenders, pros, business visionaries and planners.
Joseph Yelich is currently the superintendent of schools for the Oneonta City School District. Before coming to Oneonta, Joe was instrumental in building relationships with the colleges near his town with the local high school by creating a program that enabled students to take college courses while attending high school. This has been what he has been working on since he arrived at Oneonta. It is clear that his mission was to eventually give students the opportunity to graduate high school with either a college degree or credits that are accepted at any SUNY school.
Imagine an unclear decision to end a partnership after more than 20 years of teaching together. The pact of two schools, Texas Southmost College (TSC) and the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) was signed in 1991 and it was supposed to last 99 years. Under the pact UTB was able to use buildings from TSC, including Tandy Hall, the Cavalry Barracks and many more buildings. The split between this two schools affected students sent to other schools, professors and staff displaced, and the community lost a vital resource.
Jackie Robinson stated one of my favorite quotes, "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." For two semesters, I have participated in the Community College Completion Corps. I have served as both Sub-Chair planner and Vice President of membership; in the former position I led the campaign. This event educates Tarrant County College Southeast Campus students as wells as faculty members about the importance of graduating from community college. By holding a three-day event, the committee members promoted the benefits of completing community college. We planned for this event for approximately two months and executed it in three days. The result was that more than 2,500 students pledged to complete college at the end of this event. Consequently, our membership rose by approximately 40%. All these accomplishments were significant achievements for our chapter as a whole and had a great impact on me. The Community College Completion Corps event was particularly important to me because I was always told that I would end up married and without a degree.
Arkansas Tech University was founded by act 100 of the 37th general assembly. On February 10, 1910 it was announced that Russelville will be home to Arkansas’s second Agricultural school. First day that school was held was October 26, 1910. A.K. Short was announced the school's first president. First day of classes at the Second District Agricultural School. There were nine faculty members and 186 students. In the spring of 1912 Eleven students graduate from the Second District Agricultural School, the first graduating class in school history. Between 1910 and 1920 there were 4 president changes they went, in order, George A. Cole, Charles E. Scott, Charles G. Lueker, and Hugh Critz.
Student counselors have been around since 1907 in the United States and remain a strong force in helping students determine future goals and careers. On average, student counselors make roughly $54,000 annually while maintaining a vital role in the decisions students make. With agencies and nonprofit organizations such as the ASCA (an organization dedicated to assisting any form of relations with student counselors to their students), that are now dedicated to ensure students have counselors as a form of assistance to fortify career plans, the rates of success have been skyrocketing. There are well over 230,000 counselors nationwide in approximately 33,000 different schools that follow the ASCA guidelines to reassure the nation is *on the same
I had the pleasure of visiting with Mrs. Cooke’s fifth grade class during my clinical experiences. Mrs. Cooke has a great rapport with her students and has very little difficult actively engaging students in learning. One of the “takeaways” from my visit references the students’ and teachers’ commitment to the principles of “The Leader in Me”. From a school-wide perspective, East Elementary School does not practice the traditional positive behavior interventions. Instead, the administration has adopted the ideals and principles behind “The Leader in Me”. The Leader in Me teaches students 21st century leadership and life skills and creates a culture of student empowerment based on the idea that every child can be a leader (FranklinCovey, 2009). The program has created 7 habits that promote a positive learning environment. The program is also aligned to several national and state academic standards. The program is designed to teach students about life skills such as responsibility, accountability, leadership and initiative. The learning environment is designed to be student-led. This means that within each classroom, the various roles that teachers serve are now entrusted to the student. Students control the flow of transitions, answering the intercom calls, greeting visitors, passing out papers, and ensuring that their classmates are on task. I fully intend to implement these strategies into my classroom. I observed the students in their various roles and the most
Curriculum development describes how a training or teaching organization plans and guides learning. It involves planning, implementation, and monitoring of a systematic process that creates a positive learning environment. It is, therefore, important to design a pilot curriculum that ensures proper evaluation of the content, teaching materials as well as teaching methods involved in the changed curriculum (McKinn, 2008). The pilot curriculum also serves as an assessment tool for acceptance of the curriculum by the faculty and students. It also aids in recognizing the gaps created and the missing content. This study will consider the Lee County School District and analyze the benefits of a piloting curriculum for high school level business studies.