[AT] OT technical community college programs

Mike M meulenms at gmx.com
Sat Sep 28 20:45:28 PDT 2019


So intelligence outweighs the law? Jack originally wrote that he was an
illegal immigrant, and obviously very intelligent.  Well their are
plenty of highly intelligent Dr's that made their way to the US legally,
I know because our family Dr. is Ukrainian, and came here through the
proper channels.
>
> On 9/28/2019 11:02 PM, James Peck wrote:
>> Are you saying that this man was a statistical outlier?
>>
>> [Dean VP] An interesting and storied accomplishment. But....  We must
>> be careful about drawing conclusions based on a single example.  My
>> favorite analogy.  All Indians walk single file... at least the one I
>> saw did.
>>
>> [ Jack] One or more of the NPR radio network talk shows has discussed
>> a man who came to the US as an illegal immigrant. He had earned a
>> high school diploma in his native country and had in fact been a
>> public school teacher there. At some point he made the transition
>> from farm worker to California Community College Student. He ended up
>> as a licensed US brain surgeon. No word as to whether he was a picker
>> or tractor driver.
>>
>> I wonder how he counts in the statistics for two year graduate's
>> incomes.
>>
>> I believe I saw some statistics that showed that people who entered
>> the college world as a community college student and finished their
>> programs had a higher 4 year graduation rate than people who entered
>> a 4 year college at the get go.
>>
>> [Stephen Offiler] I'm not sure if that is an interesting statistic,
>> or simply predictable statistically.  All you just said is that a
>> bell-curve distribution for 2-year degrees overlaps a bell-curve
>> distribution for 4-year degrees.
>>
>> [James Peck] The interesting statistic is that some technical 2 year
>> programs have higher starting incomes than many 4 year degree
>> programs. People who complete such a program can later take a 2+2
>> program to get a four year degree if they choose.
>> http://www.wlky.com/news/mayor-jctc-announce-manufacturing-jobs-initiative/30966584
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