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  The Online NewsHour: Generation Next | The Demographic | The Movement Toward Community Colleges | PBS
At Kingsborough, the past nine years have seen a shift in its student population toward younger students, with close to a 10 percent increase in the proportion of students under 25 years old.
Olga Fursova is a 21-year-old student at Kingsborough in her second semester as a liberal arts major, and another example of a high-school dropout who decided to attend a community college.
Graduation rates at community colleges are deceptively low -- a 2005 CCRC study placed the number between 10 and 30 percent -- because students do not necessarily graduate with an associate's degree before moving to the next step in their education or career goals.
www.pbs.org /newshour/generation-next/demographic/college_06-19.html   (1436 words)

  
 Building Learning Communities: Early Results from the Opening Doors Demonstration at Kingsborough Community College ...
Community colleges, with their open admissions, convenient locations, and relatively modest cost, serve as the gateway to postsecondary education for many low-income and disadvantaged students.
Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York —; a fairly large college with a diverse student population that includes many immigrants — is testing a program called Opening Doors Learning Communities.
Kingsborough freshmen who agree to participate in the Opening Doors study are assigned, through a lottery-like process, to the learning communities program or to a control group that takes regular unlinked courses and is eligible for standard counseling and tutoring.
www.mdrc.org /publications/410/overview.html   (537 words)

  
 CUNY: Kingsborough Community College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kingsborough Community College, founded in 1963, held its first classes in 1964.
About half of Kingsborough's more than 15,000 students are working towards the Associate of Arts or the Associate of Science, either of which will enable them to transfer to baccalaureate institutions as juniors.
According to a recent, independent study, Kingsborough is the nation's sixth largest producer of minority community college graduates.
www1.cuny.edu /colleges/profile-kingsb.html   (223 words)

  
 Welcome to Kingsborough Community College
Kingsborough Community College is located on a 70-acre campus in Manhattan Beach, on the southern tip of Brooklyn, New York.
Founded in 1963, the College serves approximately thirty thousand students per year, offering a wide range of credit and non-credit courses in the liberal arts and career education, as well as a number of specialized programs.
Health Careers Begin At Kingsborough Community College The Academic Advisement Center for Health Careers.
www.kbcc.cuny.edu   (243 words)

  
 Kingsborough Community College Partners with Kaplan College to Offer its Graduates Access to Leading Online Bachelor's ...
Kaplan College is part of the higher education division of Kaplan, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).
Kingsborough is located on a 70-acre waterfront campus in Manhattan Beach, on the southern peninsula of Brooklyn.
Founded in 1963, Kingsborough is one of 20 colleges in the City University of New York (CUNY) system, the third largest system in the United States.
www.kaplan.com /AboutKaplan/PressReleases/Archive/2002/May-01-hs-kingsborough_0402.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished   (398 words)

  
 College - .com Board College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
With a college education you will have better job opportunities, less chance of unemployment, have more opportunities for promotions, lead a happier and healthier life, and earn more money.
College graduates took home an average of $45,678 per year as compared to the $24, 572 average salary of those who finished only high school.
Online programs typically offer a number of types of accelerated college degree programs and are perhaps the best way to earn a degree in less time than in a typical classroom setting.
www.collegeplanningnetwork.com /directory/brooklyn-college-in-new-york...   (461 words)

  
 International High School at Kingsborough Community College
International High School @ Kingsborough Community College was set to open in September 2005, in a temporary location at at the former PS 242 on the corner of Flatlands Avenue and 100th Street in Canarsie.
The school expects to move into its permanent home on the Kingsborough campus in fall of 2006.
The school remains in its temporary location in Canarsie and students have none of the promised access to Kingsborough Community College courses or facilities, the article reports.
www.insideschools.org /fs/school_profile.php?id=1445   (335 words)

  
 Kingsborough Community College
Kingsborough's Financial Aid Office is located in Room U-201, one flight up from the Bookstore.
Both the U.S. Department of Education and the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation adhere to strict deadlines with respect to the submission of applications for financial aid.
If you are interested in establishing a KCC scholarship; send us an e-mail.
www.kingsborough.edu /sub-financial_aid/index.html   (193 words)

  
 FastWeb: Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York
FastWeb: Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York
Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York
Scholarships at Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York
www.fastweb.com /fastweb/colleges/view_kingsborough_community_college_of_the_city_university_of_new_york_5725   (103 words)

  
 north hennepin community college - Online College E-Learning And Online Degree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and offers coursework as well as pre-professional programs for transfer to baccalaureate programs.
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www.tidemark.ca /community_college/north_hennepin_community_college.html   (352 words)

  
 Kingsborough Community College vs Queensborough Community Coll. (02/18/04 at Kingsborough Community College)
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www.lehman.cuny.edu /vpadmin/cunyathletics/html/community/2004mSemi2.html   (3789 words)

  
 Study and Work at Kingsborough Community College in United States for People with Disabilities
Study and Work at Kingsborough Community College in United States for People with Disabilities
A community college of The City University of New York.Located in Brooklyn.
Special Services for Students with Disabilities at Kingsborough Community College
www.independentliving.org /studyworkabroad/US/_kingsborough_community_college.html   (175 words)

  
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Katarzyna J. Cwiertka, Ph.D. is an expert in Japanese and Korean food culture/history at the Centre for Japanese and Korean Studies.
Jonathan Deutsch is a faculty member in the Department of Tourism and Hospitality at Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York.
He completed his Ph.D. in food studies and food management at New York University and is Secretary of the ASFS and Education Editor of the journal Food, Culture and Society.
food-culture.org /FoodProfNet.html   (1063 words)

  
 Peter Utz, Video Consultant
EMPLOYMENT: 1971-1979: TV PRODUCER/DIRECTOR, Kingsborough Community College of the City University of NY.
Produced and directed over 500 teleproductions, some sold to other colleges, one broadcast on commercial and public television.
1979-1996: MEDIA DIRECTOR, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ.
videoexpert.home.att.net /consult.htm   (209 words)

  
 The Holocaust Chronicle Credits
John K. Roth, Ph.D., is the Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College (CA).
He presently serves on the selection committee for the Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics and on the editorial board of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and has served on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.
Abraham Edelheit, Ph.D., is a researcher on the President’s Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States and an adjunct professor of history at Kingsborough Community College of City University of New York (CUNY).
www.holocaustchronicle.org /HolocaustCredits.html   (676 words)

  
 Neighborhoods: Manhattan Beach -- Congressman Anthony D. Weiner, New York's 9th District
During the Second World War the federal government operated an important training station for the U.S. Coast Guard at the eastern end on land later occupied by Kingsborough Community College.
From the 1970s the large community in Brighton Beach of immigrants from the Soviet Union extended into the neighborhood.
Most of the population of Manhattan Beach lives in one-family houses on twenty tree-lined streets arranged in alphabetical order and named after places in England.
www.house.gov /weiner/neighborhoods/hoods_manhattanbeach.htm   (255 words)

  
 The Langsdale Library Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A recent article in the UBPost reported on the growing concern with the rise in plagiarism on college campuses.
To be held on Jube 20 from 1:00-4:00 and June 27 from 5:30 - 8:30.
The University of Maryland, University College is hosting its 5th annual symposium on Intellectual Property.
www.ubalt.edu /cgi-lang/blosxom.cgi   (3271 words)

  
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Indiscretions and betrayals amongst upper class New Yorkers abound in Nancy Manocherian's tedious dark comedy.
www.theatermania.com /content/show.cfm/show/116665   (217 words)

  
 Cuny Kingsborough Community College - eLearners.com
This page contains information about Cuny Kingsborough Community College.
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