Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Transfer fail

Report: Most Transfer Students Leave College Without 2-Year Degree
(Inside Higher Ed)
By Ashley A. Smith; August 8, 2018
     A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found that only 60,000 students out of more than one million who started their educations at two-year institutions [i.e., fewer than 6%] transferred to another college after receiving a certificate or associate's degree.
     The report also found that more than 350,000 community college students transferred to another institution without getting a degree….
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     Transfer students who go on to earn a four-year degree don't count toward the graduation rates of community colleges unless they also earned an associate's degree....
Rescued From the Flames of Judgment: A Family’s Escape from the Holy Jim Fire
(OC Weekly)
LIAM BLUME; AUGUST 7, 2018
...They were running out of land ahead of them, and to remain still would mean certain death. Melodi wanted to stay on the trail and continue the clear ascent to the Mesa clearing. Tilson wanted to scramble the face of the mountain to the clearing. Tilson’s route would be shorter, but more daunting, and for the Schumates–who’d already struggled through nearly ten steep miles of rugged terrain–the choice between weary expediency over bushes and an unimpeded longer path could also be the choice between life and death. After a short argument, they chose Tilson’s route, climbing toward the Mesa, hoping a rescue helicopter would pull them from the flames....

1968


As of Thurs afternoon

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...