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Leeward Community College
December 10th, 2011 at 3:58 amLeeward Community College gives a high level education to students because 1968. The college situated in Pearl City, Hawaii, is a member of University of Hawaii program. Leeward community college is a liberal arts college and it also offers career-training courses. Leeward community college is 1 of the principal colleges situated in Pearl City and the college has 1 branch, which situated in Waianae as Waianae Education Center. Leeward Community College is a public community college and the chancellor of the college is Peter Quigley.
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Moving Into the Future With a Green Degree
December 9th, 2011 at 6:04 pmAs people become more and more concerned with the environment, industries are also following that path, and they need people trained in environmental issues. In the past, economic markets produced job opportunities that led to one degree or another being the credential to have in order to secure a high paying job. For instance, prior to the slowdown in the oil market, particularly before the 1980s, engineers of all types could expect high paying jobs in the oil industry or those companies serving the industry. In the 1990s people with degrees in computer science were so much in demand that the United States had to look overseas to fill its insatiable demand. The next hot degree of the future may indeed be the green degree.
For the last decade or so the number of people pursuing degrees in environmental science has steadily grown and continues to do so. But the number of degrees considered “green” has moved beyond just environmental science. Indeed it has moved beyond the sciences. Now other occupations such as business, law, and public policy require people with specialized training in environmental issues. Many analysts predict that soon most university programs within the sciences, business, political science, and other fields will offer green degrees or at least special concentrations in environmental concerns.
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Is Your Child Being Discouraged From Pursuing a Career in Science?
December 8th, 2011 at 12:05 pmIn a recent study by The Bayer Corporation it has been reported than many minorities as well as women have been discouraged from pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM). The report indicates that the culprit is the American educational system.
40% of today’s women and underrepresented minority chemists and chemical engineers in the United States say they were discouraged from pursuing a STEM career (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) at some point in their lives, according to the study (Bayer, 2010).
Those surveyed said that this happened to them mostly while they were in college, and the person most likely to discourage them is their instructor. Really? I found this study very interesting because I experienced this while I was an undergraduate student pursuing my computer science degree.