Thank you. I wanted to do more with it at the time, but was running out of time, lol. I was surprised they used it for the paper.
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Is it really the end of the road?
Possible Southside closing creates tough choices for many students
In the first week of the fall semester, over a thousand Cowley students drove to classes at the Southside Education Center in Wichita. Few could have anticipated that after the summer semester of 2007, Cowley will no longer be able to provide general education courses at the Southside Education Center.
By law, Wichita State University has the legal right to mandate which courses other colleges in Sedgwick County can provide. For the past 10 years, WSU and Cowley have negotiated contracts annually, giving Cowley permission to offer some of the same courses that WSU offers. WSU says that it no longer wants Cowley to offer duplicative courses.
The Southside campus accounts for 34 percent of Cowley College’s total enrollment. There are by far more students at Southside than any of Cowley’s other satellite campuses. Talks of the Southside closing have left many asking, “What are we suppose to do?”
Freshman Laura DeVareness, a full-time returning adult student, says that if the Southside closed it would have a negative impact on her studies.
“I would like to think that WSU, as a provider of higher education, would take into consideration what this will do to us here at Cowley,” DeVarennes said. “Does everything always have to do with profit or availability when it will totally disrupt the education of a lot of students and staff? This is all some of us can afford. Is WSU going to let us have the same education, at this price, at their facility?”
Unfortunately, students who transfer to WSU can expect to pay more than at Cowley – approximately $80 more per credit hour. Multiply that by 12 credit hours, the standard full-time load, and the difference is practically $1,000 a semester for tuition and fees alone.
Sophomore Amy Jackson is in here third semester at Cowley. She plans to have her associate of arts degree within two more semesters. She is taking one class at Southside and will take another next semester. Jackson says that she will most likely continue her education at Cowley because she only has two semesters left, but if she were to transfer, it would be to Butler County Community College.
Freshman James Wilson is working on his second semester at Cowley. Currently, his classes are all online, but Wilson says that some of the classes he plans to take next semester will require him to be at the Southside Center.
“I do not agree with the thoughts of closing the campus as this will directly affect many people’s decision to attend college, Cowley specifically,” Wilson said. “The Southside campus offers a certain amount of flexibility to students who are unable to travel to attend classes and cannot afford to spend the extra funds for online studies.”
For now, it seems that all current Southside students can do is wait in anticipation.
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Very informative. Education is one of the most important life experience we can have, and to see it being taken away,little by little is scary. We know that with less education comes more crime. Sometimes I think this country’s priorities are messed up. Or should I say “politics.” Good article. This could be written for many schools.
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Once again, just another case of the general public getting screwed. I liked your piece here as it provides information and provides knowledge. I think it can be better if you go more in depth and have quotes/interview some of those in authority or who have come to make this decision. Would be interesting to get opinions/views from both sides of the spectrum.
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I think this piece is a very important issue. I think that you should definitely do some more research and maybe start a petition. Get people’s awareness up about the issue, get people to sign and maybe there is a board meeting or something that people can attend to voice their concerns. It’s something worth looking into. Good luck.
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I saw teh other piece this is a better revision and an excellent piece on an awful plight. I like how you had the comments together and they were credible, you explained the purpose of the article and a person could not get lost reading this. It was an easy read. You did a good job.
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