Community Service Essay

Community college relies on two types of academic faculty, one of them is adjunct professors who do not have a full-time around 67% of full time [Mark 02/2015], another is full-time professors who has a full course load of instruction around 15 classrooms per week [Mark 02/2015]. Community colleges employed adjunct professors to save money, it costs less than to hire a single full-time professor. Adjunct professors do not have benefits; however, full-time professors usually have health…

1958), but his wife passed away. Robert has four boys the oldest 59 and the youngest 52-years-old. Robert’s highest education level was 8th grade. He now is retired, but since the age of 5 up to 18 he worked with cows/milking them. He then went to do service for 18 months; he was an ambulance driver. Then, married his childhood friend in 1958. He did trucking for 31 years and he thanks God for protecting him because he has never been in an accident nor did he get tickets, driving over 3 million…

role of community policing is clearly evolving as some agencies are continuing to focus on community poling to bring the community together and to crime control (Hoover 2014).“There are different sides to the community policing effort according to one police chief” and some other agency representatives due to problem solving policing.In many respects community policing is a thing of the past for some agencies Hoover 2014). With that said there are some advantages and dis advantages of community…

Free community college could lead the country to economic downfall. The “free” deal proposed seems to be far pricier than realized. The idea of free is beautiful. It grabs your attention; whether you are speaking of anything from a coupon to college. Free in theory is a great, but when free comes along with a lower quality of education, pay cuts, an unfixed student dropout rate, and many other issues is it truly free? President Obama stated in an article he wants to bring down the cost of…

able to have. Knowledge is not something that should be for sale. Everyone should be able to have equal opportunity. This is why there should be no cost for receiving a college education. The general argument made by Carol Roth in the article “Free Community College Isn’t Free...and it’s a Bad Idea” is that saying that college will be free when it really won’t, and it will cause more problems and evidently not solve any current problems. She states that nothing is really ever free because there…

Bereaved Families of Ontario – Southwest Region is located in London, Ontario. It was founded in 1984 by a group of bereaved parents. It is a non-profit organization that focuses on providing support services to families that have suffered the death of a child. The consolers are all volunteers and often parents who have lost their own children. Their website is a great resource for bereaved parents and those who wish to help console. The layout is simple and information required is easy to…

In understanding the needs of the community and identifying problems within the community, it is important for community members to participate in the issue selection process. Not only will issue selection produce community participation, but it will also contribute to community building and community unifying efforts. According to Khinduka’s article (1970), instead of just focusing on the psychological aspect of social change, facilitators should be looking at the socioeconomic issues that…

During the Anglo-Saxon period, every person within the community was made responsible for ‘maintaining law and order’ according to (Villiers 2009 p.33). They had a duty to maintain the Kings peace; this resulted in citizens being able to arrest offenders if it was necessary; all of the citizens carrying out this duty were unpaid. After this, the old policing system was put in place which meant every citizen had to work as a constable for a one year period. Again the citizens were unpaid, had no…

During my time at New Life Community Development and at the St. John’s Bread and Life Mobile Soup Kitchen, I learned quite a few valuable things. When I first started my academic service learning, I went in with the attitude of getting the job done and leaving. I had no intention of enjoying the experience. Although that changed when I walked into the Mobile Soup Kitchen on a grimy Monday afternoon with a whole line of people waiting outside the truck. I immediately started to prepare for the…

The community college system in the state of California has a unique governing structure that practice shared governance (California Community College, 2016). There are17 board members that are appointed by the state’s governor. The board of governor has the legislative authority to establish and implement policies for the institution. Members of the Board of Governors are required to meets 11 times per year. The Board of Governors appoints the Chancellor of the Community College. On May 16,…