Advocates of community college baccalaureate programs have argued for years that low-income and nontraditional college students, such as older students, those who have children or those who are the first in their families to attend college, are more likely to get bachelor s degrees if they don’t need to switch to a more expensive four-year university to do so.
“They’re at the community college, they’re comfortable. They know where the library is, they know their student advisers, they know the financial aid people, they’re familiar with the faculty, the classes are smaller,” said Angela Kersenbrock, president of the Community College Baccalaureate Association. “Why force them to move to another institution?”
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – At San Diego Mesa College every February, the first week of Black History Month activities includes the annual Rosa Parks Birthday Recognition Celebration.
This year, the COVID-19 epidemic has prohibited the tradition of celebrating together, so Mesa College honored her with a special virtual video montage presentation: Power of One: REFLECTIONS of the Rosa Parks Project. If you want to watch it, click here.
San Diego Mesa College and civil rights activist Rosa Parks enjoyed a special relationship. Mrs. Parks visited the campus on February 4 and 5, 1992 and again in 1995. In 1993, the campus was named the western branch of the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development.