Imagine a room on campus where there are dozens of computers that will actually print those assignments that are due in ten minutes. Envision this room, filled with trained staff eager to teach extremely necessary and specific information in a clear and concise manner, at no cost, on the student’s schedule.
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California Dream Act makes dreams come true
There are more than 65,000 undocumented students who graduate from high schools across the nation every year. Although many of them have been in the United States most of their lifetime, they do not receive the same benefits of higher education that citizens do.
$$Professors ratings game fact or fiction?
Ratings Story 62 Toxcina King Usually the only way that students could commend or complain about an instructor was through the formal paper teacher evaluations that get passed out at the end of every semester.
New grading system sparks debate
Nick Habib, Ph.D., chair of the philosophy department, introduced a new grading proposal during a Sept. 24 Academic Senate meeting. The new system would implement plus (+) and minus (-) grades on transcripts. Habib is a Pierce College philosophy professor and part-time California State University, Northridge ( CSUN) professor.
$$Cleaning the Campus…or Not?
“Floors are so filthy you don’t want to set your backpack down.” “The chemistry lab tabletops crunch with chemicals when you put your notebook on them.” “My pet peeve is the greasy, sticky computer keyboards and mice in the Learning Center.” “The outdoor bulletin boards with old curling outdated announcements look really trashy.
$$Free Personal Counseling Benefits Students (Updated)
Without health insurance and a large income, it has become virtually impossible for students to receive professional psychological help, which is why Pierce College offers personal counseling as well as sessions with a licensed psychologist free of charge.
Laminated discipline
For the first time in Pierce College history, 8 Ω by 11 inch laminated placards offering guidelines on how to deal with disruptive behavior and/or students in crisis were distributed to all faculty members this semester. There is no specific reason that prompted the decision for the distribution, said Joy McCaslin, vice president of Student Services, however, “people are more aware because of the incidents at Virginia Tech.
$$From Here to the Honor Side
For honors student Vaughan Gendelman, 29, anthropology major, the Honors Program is the conduit toward his point of destination. “I’m glad there’s an Honors Program,” said Gendelman. “It’s a nice way to ensure that I get into UCLA.” Having learned about the program from a friend last year, Gendelman is confident that he is prepared to forge ahead and ready to face new challenges along with his peers in the program.
$$Opera – tion, Success
For the second presentation of the Fall 2007 Professors’ Lecture series presented by Encore adult education program, Maestro James Domine took to the stage and conducted an exciting lesson on the subject “The Development of Opera” to a capacity crowd on Thursday.
$$Other Pierces
People who have tried to visit Pierce College’s website before have probably run into Pierce Mortuary Colleges . Their website, http://www.pierce.edu, is close enough to http://www.piercecollege.edu that many students accidentally go to their site instead of Los Angeles Pierce College.