Questions tagged [community-college]
Community colleges offer short degree programs, typically two years or less and often focused on a vocational or technical skill.
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Can I become a US community college teacher on a UK Master's Maths degree, if so how? [duplicate]
I'm a British Masters student studying maths at university in the UK (one of the best in the country for maths right now). My boyfriend lives in California, and I have been looking to move to ...
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What would a good written policy for scaling exam grades look like?
I'm not in the habit of scaling exams, although I'm aware that the practice is widespread and highly recommended in some circles (such as grading on a curve). To my recollection, none of my college ...
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How to intervene with a student struggling in the major?
As a lecturer, at the start of each semester in all of my courses, I have students complete a first-day diagnostic quiz on topics from the prerequisite course. There are usually a few significant ...
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Is it reasonable to have a mandatory in-person exam for an online course?
It has recently been proposed that our college's math department move away from giving remote, online exams to our online students, and begin mandating that all students take (at least) an in-person ...
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To whom can I report an instructor who is teaching 35+ credit hours across five universities in one semester?
I have a prof who is teaching between five universities, full-time at one and adjunct at the others. This semester alone they're teaching over 35 credit hours, which is double a regular full-time ...
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Am I being a "mean" instructor, denying an extension on a take home exam?
I am teaching part time at a community college (in the US) and I have one student who is about 16, I think he is a senior in high school (at least he is about to graduate HS in the spring). He is ...
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Should I do Master or PhD to teach in community college?
I currently have Bachelors in Economics and Math, and I'm doing full-time research in Economics right now.
My initial plan was to do PhD in Economics and work in academia, but after doing research, ...
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Community college transcript [closed]
A while ago I messed up my community college transcript with withdrawing from classes frequently due to certain circumstances. But I actually do enjoy school, learning, and want to rectify what has ...
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Can I save my financial aid after this? [closed]
During fall 2021, I took 3 classes at my community college. I had very good financial aid so nearly everything was paid for. My first issue was in my online nutrition class. I took a hit when I ...
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Difference between "2-year community or junior colleges" and "4 year undergraduate program" in USA
I am confused about the USA education system.
I looked up the Wikipedia page about K-12. In particular, the figure on the right of that page.
Let's supposed I have just finished high school and I want ...
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Am I right to be frustrated that my professor does not actually teach?
This is a 101 philosophy class in an online format. Each week we have over 100 dense pages of a textbook to read as our sole source of information for the class. The teacher does not do any teaching ...
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Pushback on unorganized professors, for older adult student
I'm hoping you can help. My background is that I became a parent at an early age, and chose at the time to prioritized raising and feeding my child over going to college. Doing both really wasn't an ...
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How to deal with inactive students in a testing session?
In testing sessions that I proctor now, there are frequently one or more students who are not actually working on the test for extended periods of time. Perhaps they are just staring into space, or ...
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How can I know if I am working fast enough to finish my PhD?
I am a second-year math Ph.D. student without a master's degree who likes taking math classes and loves TAing and tutoring, but dislikes research. During the first semester of my second year, I spent ...
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Could trying to prove myself after being accused of academic dishonesty cause me to get a more severe penalty if I don't do well?
I have been accused of cheating on my math final. I did not cheat. There was no "trial" and the only evidence is that (1) my hands were out of the frame, and (2) my work "looked like a ...
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Do professors need to pay to send letters of recommendation via postal mail?
I'm an international student currently studying in a community college in the United States. I'm applying to a Japanese university and they require me to send them two recommendation letters from my ...
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How can I protect a course I created independently from being taken by the community college I substitute for, when I am about to teach it there?
I have created a course independent of the community college I substitute for. I contacted the CE department about a year ago to see if my course would be something I could offer as a CE course at the ...
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Can I take two consecutive classes simultaneously? [closed]
For example, I would like to take Intermediate Spanish I AND Intermediate Spanish II at the same time.
Can colleges, in general, allow that? If my advisor says to me that they think it cannot be done, ...
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Lower division vs Upper division
In the United States, what is the difference between lower division and upper division in colleges and universities?
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Should I use AP scores to exempt classes when trying to transfer? [closed]
I am considering going to De Anza College (California community college) and trying to transfer/TAG into a UC or similar college. Is it worth it to, for example, use my APCS A test (got 5) or AP Calc ...
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Should I take a summer class at my university or a community college?
I am an economics major in my second year looking to pursue a master's in statistics after graduation. This semester I am taking calculus 2 and will be taking calculus 3 this coming summer. I am ...
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How do you get back into teaching after being overseas for 10 years and lacking good computer skills?
This isn't about myself, so kindly bare with me. I'll try to make this question as generic as possible.
I already read U.S. humanities professors: Can you get back into academia if you leave? and Does ...
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Can someone with only a master's degree promoted to a permanent full-time faculty at a two-year college? [closed]
Long story short, I am a master's graduate it statistics, and I recently applied to enrol in a local two-year college program to land a job in my rural hometown (I prefer to have a career in my rural ...
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What is the scope of an unregistered IRB? [closed]
The community college I attend has an IRB that is not registered with the FDA and is supposed to review projects conducted by students or faculty. I (as a student) would like to conduct a survey (that ...
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Should I drop out of the IB Diploma Program if I am about to graduate with an associate's degree? [closed]
I'm a junior in high school who goes to an IB (International Baccalaureate) school in the US. I also have been taking enough community college classes to graduate with an AA in Computer Science before ...
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Everybody cheats, administration does not care, what to do?
Context: A friend of mine is ending their first year in a community college (in France, called IUT, 2-year diploma) near my school, and apparently the school administration is quite lenient about ...
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What does GE stand for in community colleges and education?
I found this comment on a youtube video:
My own community college graduation is tonight actually. I’m getting
two associate’s degrees and will be transferring to University of
California, Irvine. I ...
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What is US equivalence of "diplome du baccalaureat technologique (STL) spécialité chimie de laboratoire et de procédés industriels"?
If someone who has "diplome du baccalaureat technologique Sciences et technologies de laboratoire (STL) spécialité chimie de laboratoire et de procédés industriels" and wish to study further in the US,...
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Asking a community college professor for a letter of recommendation
I am applying for a master’s program and required to obtain two letters of recommendation. Originally, I asked two teachers from the private college where I got my BA, even though I did not know them ...
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Is community college GPA not included as the net GPA on the resume?
I am a student in the US who is going to graduate with my bachelor's degree and I want to start applying for jobs. I am not sure if what GPA should I provide for job applications on my CV. I studied ...
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What do you recommend me doing if my math instructor isn't very good and I know I can learn the same content better elsewhere?
Currently, my math professor isn't very good and I have had plenty of experience using Khan Academy and my Googling skills. However, I'm afraid that if I diverge from the class, I might accidentally ...
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How many full-time instructor positions to apply for as a Masters-holder? [duplicate]
I am leaving graduate school in May with a Master of Science in Mathematics. For the past few weeks, I have been applying to full-time instructor/lecturer positions (mostly 2-year with a few 4-year). ...
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How to proceed when a required math class is preventing me from graduation? [closed]
I started working on an AS degree in 2014. I took the required math class and failed it twice. I then passed all my other classes, but was told I would have to take the math AGAIN.
So the entire ...
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Do two lesser degrees ever equal a higher degree?
I have an AA in Liberal Arts and am one semester away from an AS in Computer Programming and Analysis. I will have to double check the numbers but I will have around 140 credit hours which is similar ...
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My professor changed a take-home test to an in-class test with no notice. Can I fight the grade?
I’m a college student. For a recent test, the professor originally said that the test was extremely difficult and long and therefore they were going to send us a picture of the exam an hour and a half ...
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Transcript rewrite [closed]
I took a class that I thought I was auditing and got outside help.
Is there any way to fix this?
I did this at a community college.
Grades have gone out and I realized there was a mistake made.
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Data on costs of two-year colleges in the US, by state?
I teach at a community college in California. Our students' tuition is approximately 85% subsidized for the half of our students who can't show enough financial need, and 100% subsidized for the other ...
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Best practices for sample size in disaggregation of data on educational outcomes
The California community college where I teach has a prescribed system for collecting and analyzing data on students' success and then disaggregating the data by race. As a department, we are required ...
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Is there anything I can do about a teacher who is rumored to be unreasonably severe and whose class I am about to take?
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Due to a change in schedule, I recently had to swap one course section (with a supposedly outstanding instructor) for another (with a different instructor).
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Based on a number of ...
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How to establish a presence at a community college that might lead to adjuncting
I'm an engineer with a M.S. and 20+ years of industry experience. I always wanted to teach but I left grad school for industry to help pay the bills. I have no regrets, but I do have a very strong ...
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I graduated but school is withholding my degree [closed]
I graduated in 2016 for my Associates Degree. My college told me to enroll in history 11 over at a different college (they dropped me from the class by mistake and I couldn’t get back into it because ...
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Teachers asking for money as punishment for being absent [closed]
I was absent because of some domestic problems so now my teachers are asking me to pay rs.200 as punishment.Is this allowed?
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Is it worth applying for a job to community colleges in the US as a foreigner (no visa)? [closed]
Would a small college (e.g., community college) in the US be interested in employing some PhD graduate (as an instructor) that does not already have a visa? Would they bother do the bureaucratic work ...
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What's the chance of a lecturer in foreign country to obtain a teaching job in US community college? [closed]
I'm asking this question for my mom, who has been a college lecturer for 20+ years in communication study related field in non-English speaking country. She got her master degree in US back in 1990.
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Teaching mathematics at the college level, [closed]
Can I teach a college level math course at a community college with secondary mathematics certification.
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Does changing major if you’re not passionate about a good idea or should I accept what I have and live with it? [closed]
I’m a 26 yo with a BA in English. While studying and even the 3 years after I never felt EL fits me the best but still finished it with the hope of studying again the major I like (and trust me it was ...
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What are the chances for an H4 international masters student to get a teaching job at a US community college?
I have a B.E Civil Engineering and M.tech Environmental Engineering degree from India. Also I have 2 years of teaching experience in an Engineering college in India. Currently I am residing in US. Is ...
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Could teaching at community college for a few years harm my career?
If one aspired to a traditional, research-based academic career in a major university, would teaching for a few years at a community college (say, after the Master's) be damaging to one's CV? I'm ...
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How do you punish defiant students? [closed]
I had a student in my C++ class a few years back who did well on tests and assignments, but rarely showed up. This was the first student I dropped due to attendance.
I have the same student again ...
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How should a new professor sign their name in emails to students?
I just finished my PhD and am starting an adjunct position at a local community college. I was responding to my first email from a student when I came across a problem I've never had before: I don't ...
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