Community College of Denver
Community College of Denver is a established in (unknown). The campus is located in and hosts students with an endowment of .
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It seems to be hit and miss here.
Instructors:
They have some truly great instructors, and some less than interested leave you wondering why-am-I-spending-2-to-3-hours-out-of-my-day-sitting-here?-could’ve-just-taken-this-online instructors too.
Most noticeable to this student is the absence of regard for the very diverse array of student backgrounds and requirements for attending and/or returning to college. Community colleges have traditionally served the educational needs and goals of not only high school grads, but also those returning while currently employed and otherwise obligated in other areas of life, and so looking to fit classes around previously established commitments. Whether for the lack of uniform instructor expectation and consideration for different student schedules, or the institutional move toward required internet based online learning, study, homework access submission and grading, CCD seems to be moving in a direction less and less hospitable to those no longer of a particular age and financial freedom.
There is a lack of school uniformity among instructor expectation, and therefore what students with outside obligations can reasonably expect and afford in order to take a class:
While many instructors do stick to the catalog description of what’s expected for their class, prereqs, equipment/text, and time-wise, other instructors seem to have their own direction and rules – once the class has started and is in progress, assigning additional time and access requirements the student, previously unaware of based solely on the catalog description, may find difficult if not impossible to meet. Whether the instructor assumes all students will have open schedules outside the particular class and therefore be able to arrange assigned group meetings/work/activity outside of and in addition to stated required class and lab hours within limited timeframes which grades are then based on, or that everyone will always be in range of and have access to internet communication (for outside internet based assigned group work on such assignments)- the student can suddenly be between a rock and a hard place – do they tell their employer they need to take (more) time off and need access to regular open access internet while at work in order to meet / trade project notes and data with another group mate who’s work schedule is the exact opposite, and may also not be in range of open internet access, or do they take a failing grade on the weekly projects, but keep their job, standing, ability to pay rent, buy food, and attend CCD? While it’s generally understood that so many hours of additional study time will be expected fit into personal schedules per course, there used to be some degree of assurance that when a class was taken, the instructor wouldn’t demand the students life and time beyond stated required class/lab times and understood personal study time be made available to arrange around the instructors additional work and time expectations.
An additional point of contention for this student is that some instructors support their additional expectations and time demands by suggesting the importance of students learning from such to schedule, prioritize, meet expectations, and work in groups, overlooking the fact that the student has already learned these skills (those who haven’t should have been advised to take a time-management and/or college intro specific class prior) and already used them in evaluating the catalog listed course requirements and expectations in order to determine whether they can commit required time to the particular course of study. They took the course to learn the subject of study, not how to spend more money, loose more pay and possibly job standing in order to arrange out of class/lab get-togethers beyond the stated required class and lab hours.
Also, while cutting back available class times and options, CCD has been moving more and more to internet based textbook homework product requirements in order for students to do and submit homework, which instructors claim to prefer to the time required to grade traditional paperwork, but which can create new and additional issues for students:
1) On-campus instruction, often selected by students preferring lectures and examples to the more independent, less instructor guided online courses, are becoming less and less informative and more and more resemblant of study halls.
2) Online grading is programed and standardized but with limited language, definitions, and interpretations, meaning the student can be taught one thing, actually have the correct answers, but due to programing and system definitions, spend more time on getting just the right format to have the question answers accepted than on actual learning of the subject.
3) These textbook company online based homework programs, while saving instructors work, cost the student one more additional fee on top of any e-text or traditional textbook expense – and where these online homework products used to be optional for practice should they prove beneficial to students w/the required systems and accesses, they are now required without question of all students in the particular class in order to receive and submit homework assignments and receive grades for that homework. This means even more costs to students forced to purchase not only the homework program, but also to consider taking on the expense of mobile internet and new systems in order to meet textbook company system requirements for use and viewing of their products.
4) Should the student simply not have funds to purchase an updated laptop and mobile internet, study and homework time previously available during lunch breaks at work, between travel, and while out for use of paper, pencil, and text, becomes limited to a few hours once home from work (if a text compatible home computer and internet exists), class, and errands, or to on campus time if while the computer labs are open. This also means a potential drop in GPA for the lack of access to study and homework, and ultimately can render the class a useless expense in both money and time.
CCD is financially still a less expensive option to taking core courses at than a 4 year university, and Auraria is a great, diverse, and exciting campus to be on. CCD’s decision making process however, appears to be narrowing – loosing site of its broad spectrum student base – a population with differing schedules, obligations, and available accesses and resources.