Heald Colleges Closing

California's community colleges are the only way to fly! It seems that the day for community colleges being held in higher esteem is finally here. After reviewing this: "On April 14, 2015, the Department of Education announced that following a comprehensive review, it had confirmed hundreds of cases of misrepresentation of job placement rates to current and prospective students in Corinthian Colleges' Heald College system and informed the company of its intentions to impose a $30 million fine for misleading consumers. In addition, it notified Corinthian of its intentions to deny the re-certification applications of Heald College's Salinas and Stockton (CA) campuses. The announcement effectively halted enrollment across Heald's 14 existing campuses." Many of us have strongly suspected that those TV ads were false. And they appeared to target students who felt that they had no other alternatives. There are stories of students who have gone to those schools, just to find that they were robbed. They are now going to their local community colleges, gaining the skills and finding the employment they were seeking. To our community college sites, keep up the good work! You can view entire article here: https://studentaid.ed.gov/about/announcements/corinthian (Please note that we will be removing the above schools from our schools database asap.)

Are you sure your students are getting the best out of their school experience?

A member of the EUREKA staff posted this video here. Check it out and share your thoughts! We think it is worthy of thought, even though it is a bit over the top.

Finished High School...Now what??

This is an excerpt from a speech given by Guy Kawasaki in 1995 to a high school graduating class. How appropriate is it today?

Speaking to you today marks a milestone in my life. I am 40 years old. 22 years ago, when I was in your seat, I never, ever thought I would be 40 years old. The implications of being your speaker frightens me. For one thing, when a 40 year old geezer spoke at my baccalaureate ceremony, he was about the last person I’d believe. I have no intention of giving you the boring speech that you are dreading. This speech will be short, sweet, and not boring.

I am going to talk about hindsights today, hindsights that I’ve accumulated in the 20 years from where you are to where I am. Don’t blindly believe me. Don’t take what I say as truth. Just listen. Perhaps my experience can help you out a tiny bit. I will present them a la David Letterman. Yes, 40-year-old people can still stay up past 11.

MY HINDSIGHTS:
#10: Live off your parents as long as possible.
When I spoke at this ceremony two years ago, this was the most popular hindsight, except from the point of view of the parents. Thus, I knew I was on the right track.

I was a diligent Oriental in high school and college. I took college-level classes and earned college-level credits. I rushed through college in 3 1/2 years. I never traveled or took time off because I thought it wouldn’t prepare me for work and it would delay my graduation. Frankly, I blew it!

You are going to work the rest of your lives, so don’t be in a rush to start. Stretch out your college education. Now is the time to suck life into your lungs, before you have a mortgage, kids, and car payments. Take whole semesters off to travel overseas. Take jobs and internships that pay less money or no money. Investigate your passions on your parents nickel… or dime…or quarter… or dollar. Your goal should be to extend college to at least six years.

Delay as long as possible the inevitable entry into the workplace and a lifetime of servitude to bozos who know less than you do, but who make more money. Also, you shouldn’t deprive your parents of the pleasure of supporting you.