Community Colleges Getting A Student Life
Community colleges are quite popular lately, as more conventional-age (17-24) students seek them out for a bachelor’s degree–or the first two years toward that goal–and older applicants are using the down economy as an opportunity to bulk up their job skills. (Unfortunately, as the article linked above attests, popularity doesn’t necessarily translate to increased funding.)
Some institutions have noticed a greater percentage of their applicants are in the younger age group. These students often want more of the “student life” opportunities that they would get at a four-year institution, and some community colleges are responding, according to an article in Inside HigherEd. We already have heard about community colleges building residence halls; now there’s at least one building a student center, to better facilitate student group meetings, study groups and the like. The construction was inspired by the administration’s conversations with students regarding what would improve their experience at the school. Student centers are not unheard of at community colleges, but they aren’t common, either.
Tags: Community College, Construction