Mount San Antonio College is a community college located in Los Angeles, County California. It has an enrollment size of 37,364 students and 12,597 full-time students (About us, 2016). Fifty-three percent of the Mt. SAC is female and 44% percent are male. With regards to demographics, 53% are Hispanic, 17.9% Asian, 13% Caucasian/Non-Hispanic, 4.2% African-American, 3.4% Filipino, 2.3% Multiethnic, and 0.2% percent are American Indian/Alaskan/Native. Lastly, with regards, to financial aid, 72% percent its student receives some form a financial aid.
The Mt. SAC journalism program introduces students to reporting and multimedia. The Associate in Arts in Journalism for Transfer degree offers the study of both traditional writing and online
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It begins with visiting WEBCMS. WEBCMS is an online application that helps colleges automate the curriculum proposal/approval process (WebCMS start page, 2016). It also gives public access to the college’s course information and programs. This application begins a six-stage process that includes review by the department head, the dean, and the Curriculum and Instruction Council (Albertson, 2016). The Curriculum and Instruction Council are responsible for recommendations about education design, as well as delivery policies and procedures to the Academic Senate (Campus committees, 2016). Problems with a new proposed course will be send to the Academic Senate whose primary responsibility is determining degree requirements, grading policies, policies for student success and faculty personal development, and curriculum—specifically establishing prerequisites and placing courses within disciplines. Finally, after receiving approval from the Academic Senate it will reach the Educational Design Committee, a standing committee of the Curriculum and Instruction Council. The Design Council is responsible for guaranteeing all curriculum is facilitated with quality and all courses meet Title 5 regulations (Educational design committee, 2016 ). Title 5 regulates, among other things, max enrollment at site, comfort and work efficacy of occupants, and ensures structures meet federal, state, and local fire and public safety
Point Loma Nazarene University is a private, Christian Institute that offers high education while developing students on their spiritual journeys. The university has an established community living agreement in which all incoming students must accept and abide by while furthering their education. Students who attend PLNU are expected to reflect pure, Christian values, which are guided by the Holy Spirit.
The California Community Colleges (CCC) system is composed of 108 colleges organized into 72 districts that serve more than 1.4 million students statewide. Under the direction of the CCC board of governors, the Chancellor’s Office provides statewide guidance and leadership to the community colleges. In addition, the voters in each district elect a board of trustees charged with developing local policies that govern the day-to-day operations at the district’s colleges, including overseeing the compensation of teaching faculty and other employees. For the fall 1999 semester, the districts reported to the Chancellor’s Office a total population of 41,754 teaching faculty, of which 28,180 (67 percent) were classified as part-time and 13,574 (33
Dr. Jennifer Greer need not verbally utter any detail regarding the extent of her success in journalism. By simply taking a look around her office in the Journalism Department at the University of Alabama, one can resolve that Dr. Greer’s journalism career has been nothing short of admirable. Adorning the walls of her fourth floor office, various plaques and certificates give undeniable evidence of Dr. Greer’s commendable success. Beginning with her Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and continuing on to her Ph.D. from the University of Florida, Dr. Greer has achieved a long list of accomplishments, especially in the field of journalism. In fact, Dr. Greer has spent the majority of her life successfully learning to be a journalist.
Another strength that Skagit Valley College has is they communicate with the high school. So if a student at the high school wants to attend or take classes at the college, they can go free with their school paying for their classes that they agree to cover. This gives students the opportunity to excel at a college level and witness what college is mostly like. At the same time attending or taking classes at the college, high school students receive both college and high school credits. This helps students to attain information at a college level, graduate high sch...
Only two months ago, I moved into room 426 of Trinity Hall and began my journey at Azusa Pacific University. I still remember how nervous and excited I felt when I arrived. Everyone was incredibly kind and overjoyed to have the freshmen move in. Beneath all the exhilaration, I had three big fears that felt like heavy weight on my chest. Because I did not grow up from a Christian family, I feared that I would not fit in with everyone else. I was also intimidated by how extroverted everyone was. I was introverted, so it required extra effort for me to make new friends. Another one of my fears was nursing school since the nursing program is known for its heavy load of work and commitment. Through experimentation, communication, and hard work,
The past 10 years she has been researching which career in journalism is the best fit for her, as well as finding which university will help advance at becoming an experience and well educated sports journalist. She will receive her bachelors degree in journalism and
Texas is best known for its individualistic subculture, but that individualism has led to a downfall in the educational system affecting all students in Texas. There are many reasons as to why this problem is still being currently seen, and one of the biggest reasons is inadequate funding. Although, inadequate funding is one of the biggest problems, gaps in the educational system will not be solved simply by providing more funding, instead a new system must be created. This new system should be one that speaks to more students, provides quality education by having better teachers and most importantly, students should have a closer one on one with teachers instead of being overcrowded in classrooms.
It is difficult to imagine a college bound senior making the big decision on where to attend college without the help of college rankings and family influence. Making such an important decision requires heavy research for the college bound student, and it is no surprise that college rankings are one of the first places students look for advice on their future school. Many high school seniors are concerned with the rankings, the “image”, or school pride associated with colleges. As seniors question which school is the best and strive to meet the admissions standards that seem to continually increase, it is important to question whether or not the quality of education is better at colleges with higher rankings and admissions standards. The process behind the rankings should be more exposed and by doing so, it may persuade college bound students to consider other factors that would impact their college experience. This may convince college bound students that rankings and admissions standards are not as important as they are held to be, and it would be beneficial to the students to realize that a quality education can occur at any college and not just the prestigious ones.
Thank you for taking the time to assess my appeal of the admissions decision of acceptance. When speaking to UC Davis Admissions I was informed that the decision for my denial was due to incomplete math requirements and transfer units and that UC Davis only considers the courses finished by Spring of 2018.
Almost all employers of journalists, no matter the specific field, require a Bachelor’s degree in journalism, mass communications, communications, or a similarly related field. For a sports journalist specifically, it’s essential to major or at least complete a minor or similar major with a concentration in sports journalism. Some of the top sports journalism schools include Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Penn State University, the University of Texas at Austin, Michigan State University, and Hofstra University. There are also a couple of universities (Ashford University and Colorado State University) that provide online sport journalism undergraduate and graduate programs. Courses within all of these universities’ programs include introduction to the sports industry, sports media, sports writing and reporting, broadcasting, play-by-play announcing, and public relations. Almost all of the programs at these schools require at least one internship to be completed as
It focuses on understanding the learner and their needs and not just on a problem to fix. When working on a new course the designer has a defined roadmap of where to start and how to go through the process until the end. This is useful for instructional designers because there are no questions about what to do next. Since technology is built into the design, this is a strong format for designing an online course. The learner will have opportunities to participate and use active learning throughout the class as well.
Curriculum mapping invites all individuals who deal with curricular concerns to enter into the curriculum analysis process. The values present in a web-based curriculum mapping tool are plentiful. A collaborative web-based tool can provide a framework for organization and communication which is not available in a traditional face-to-face, schedule bound meeting session. The ability to flexibly disseminate information facilitates the task of managing curriculum and sharing instructional best practices across grades, subjects, and schools. Another benefit is it can help build on what students have learned in previous years to prepare them for future classes and achievement.
Journalism as a reporter career requires classes that should be taken while she is in high school. The classes are: English, Journalism, History, Social Studies, Communication, Typing, and Computer Science. Since all these classes have been taken, it will be good also to take speech courses because it will help her to feel comfortable in interviewing skills, which are required to be a successful reporter. Later in college it would be good to take pre courses such as a foreign language, Math and Science (Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center).
The next phase of the new program and course development process is to examine, research, and design the new proposed course as an online course. Online course delivery options must be explored. A variety of resources need to identified to successfully develop a new online course. These resources may include a variety of publications, possibly even the oversight of a faculty mentor. California State University, Chico provides a detailed site for the development of an online course. In developing the new course in public management as an online course the Chico State rubric was used as a guide that helped with the design of the online delivery system. I have found that use of rubrics in online design is supported by many institutions. The Chico State rubric for online teaching and learning served as the rubric that was used to develop the new online course in public management for Folsom Lake College.
In the undergraduate educational setting, student proficiency and comfort with technology are stressed, but the essential mission of most undergraduate institutions (especially, liberal arts institutions such as Dartmouth) is on the development of the individual. The nurturing and supportive environment of most undergraduate institutions helps students mature and develop. The rave and fad of online undergraduate learning causes students to miss out on too many intangibles of an on-campus education. Our current theory on education hasn’t adequately dealt with the intricacies of a web-based education, and therefore the effectiveness of such is highly questionable.