CANYONS' WINTER SESSION INTENSE, IN DEMAND.Byline: CONNIE
Connie is a British television drama made for ITV by Central Television and shown in 1985. LLANOS llanos (yä`nōs), Spanish American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. Staff Writer VALENCIA Valencia, region, Spain Valencia (välān`thēä), autonomous region (1990 pop. 3,902,429) and former kingdom, E Spain, on the Mediterranean. It now comprises the provinces of Alicante, Castellón, and Valencia. -- While many were still recovering Tuesday from the holiday weekend, College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. was brimming brim n. 1. The rim or uppermost edge of a hollow container or natural basin. 2. A projecting rim or edge: the brim of a hat. 3. A border or an edge. See Synonyms at border. with action as students and faculty began the fast-growing college's winter session classes. Sophomore Raquel Tejada barely had time to rest after New Year's celebrations. The nursing major was in chemistry class by 9 a.m. ``I like taking winter classes because it's faster,'' Tejada said as she exited the campus bookstore. Just in its second year, the College of the Canyons winter session was born out of the demand from students anxious to keep themselves in classes year-round. The session will end Feb. 3 and the spring semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s will start two days later. The Valencia college was recently named the nation's fastest-growing community college with an enrollment of 10,000 or more by Community College Week. The need to expand course options must grow to keep pace. ``There was a huge demand from students who were asking us for winter classes as early as October,'' college spokeswoman Sue Bozman said. While winter enrollment still pales in comparison to regular semester enrollment -- the head count for this winter session as of last week was about 3,500 students and the regular semester capped off at about 18,000 for fall 2006 -- it is steadily growing. Winter enrollment is up 12 percent from last year, college officials reported. While some people might fear signing up for difficult courses that squeeze 16 weeks worth of material into five-week periods, studies show that success rates are actually higher for these intense classes. A study done in summer of 2005 found dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human rates to be lower in shorter, intense courses and success rates, measuring the amount of grades C or better, were higher. ``If you look at effective ways of learning languages, more intense periods of learning are proven to be more successful,'' said Barry Gribbins, the college's vice president of institutional development. It was that intensity that drew Tejada to sign up for her winter class. She was forced to rearrange re·ar·range tr.v. re·ar·ranged, re·ar·rang·ing, re·ar·rang·es To change the arrangement of. re her work schedule to a night shift because her chemistry class meets four days a week for five hours at a time. She thinks it is worth it. ``It's easier for me to focus on a hard class like chemistry in a shorter period instead of taking it with a full class load in the spring or fall semester,'' Tejada said. Ultimately for many community college students like Tejada who are juggling work and school, it is about taking advantage of every minute they have. ``I am just trying to get out of school as fast as possible.'' connie.llanos@dailynews.com (661) 257-5254 |
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