Community college\'s Crunch Time

Fri, 04/27/2012 - 12:44 — admin

The community college is being asked to save America.

But like a small-town fire department straining to contain a big-city blaze, community colleges aren\\\'t equipped to handle the huge job thrust on them, many experts say.

Many millennials - a diverse demographic of 18-to-34-year-olds who make up the largest share of community-college students in the Delaware Valley - are looking to the schools to give them a fighting chance in a brutal economy.

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Tiffany Lee

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    • 2008
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Tiffany graduated from Penn State University Honors College at the Main Campus in December, 2011 with a degree in Finance and Minor in International Business.  She continued her eduation at Penn State University's Main Campus and is currently pursuing her M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration, expecting to graduate Spring 2013.  Tiffany is currently working at the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA).  During her time at Penn State, Tiffany was continouously on the Dean's List.  She also studied abroad for a semester in August, 2010 - December, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt at The American University in Cairo.  Tiffany has been involved in many activities/organizations such as:   The United Christian Campus Ministry; Alpha Omega Step Team; S-Plan Mentoring Program; Silent Praise Mime Ministry; National Association of Black Accountants and also Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority.  Penn State recently wrote an article about Tiffany, which you can read here.

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