EDUC 118
Sociology of Community Colleges
Description: Seminar, four hours. Application of existing research, and sociological and economic theories to analysis of community colleges. Scholars have employed diverse set of concepts, theoretical frameworks and methods to understand these educational institutions. Examination of this sector of higher education in U.S. through range of qualitative, quantitative, historical, and case studies. Covers economic and sociological foundations of research on community colleges and their missions (transfer, remediation/developmental, adult basic education, English as second language, workforce development, etc.), institutional dynamics and organizational culture, government and business impact, for-profit colleges, social media use among students and administrators, student support and community-building, and effective reform efforts. Letter grading.
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Spring 2022 - This course was labeled Education 122: Literacy in Society. As someone who has been very engaged and inspired by the education classes I have taken here at UCLA, I have to say I was a bit disappointed in the delivery and my engagement during this particular course. This course had a lot of group and collaboration-based work. It was nice to connect with other peers, but none of the work we did in our groups was meaningful or challenging, it seemed like a lot of busy work to me personally. I think the group work would have had a greater impact on me had the work been more engaging and not as pointless. This professor was very kind, understanding, and accommodating to health, personal, and COVID-related issues, which was much appreciated during this time. She seemed to have a genuine interest in the subject, I just feel that delivery was not effective. I personally felt like the assessments in this class (workplace paper, book that made a difference, connecting tech and literacy project) were all just time-consuming busy work and did not meaningfully contribute to my understanding of the class material. It felt like I spent a lot of time on papers and projects that were just busy work. Being a UCLA upper-division class, I was disappointed in the assessments and assignments in this class. I can't say I would recommend others to take this class unless they are just wanting a very easy (but somewhat writing-heavy and boring) course that they honestly will not gain much from.
Spring 2022 - This course was labeled Education 122: Literacy in Society. As someone who has been very engaged and inspired by the education classes I have taken here at UCLA, I have to say I was a bit disappointed in the delivery and my engagement during this particular course. This course had a lot of group and collaboration-based work. It was nice to connect with other peers, but none of the work we did in our groups was meaningful or challenging, it seemed like a lot of busy work to me personally. I think the group work would have had a greater impact on me had the work been more engaging and not as pointless. This professor was very kind, understanding, and accommodating to health, personal, and COVID-related issues, which was much appreciated during this time. She seemed to have a genuine interest in the subject, I just feel that delivery was not effective. I personally felt like the assessments in this class (workplace paper, book that made a difference, connecting tech and literacy project) were all just time-consuming busy work and did not meaningfully contribute to my understanding of the class material. It felt like I spent a lot of time on papers and projects that were just busy work. Being a UCLA upper-division class, I was disappointed in the assessments and assignments in this class. I can't say I would recommend others to take this class unless they are just wanting a very easy (but somewhat writing-heavy and boring) course that they honestly will not gain much from.
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Spring 2024 - Professor Rios-Aguilar has been an amazing, inspirational, and welcoming instructor this quarter. Her approach to the course is unique but it works well. She held lectures as a discussion, and walked us through the topics covered in the readings but offered discussions on these topics each week. She is extremely knowledgeable, extremely kind, and has been an absolute pleasure to learn from. As a result of the quarter's special circumstances, the professor did change the course assignments, but before this, the class consisted of 2 quizzes (which would have been take-home and open-note), a final policy brief worked within a group of 8 students that you would then present to a panel, and a weekly reading facilitation presentation. She just kept the reading facilitation presentation (which was easy, you just focused on the readings of your specific week and created a fun activity to pair it with), and is going to have us do a short final paper on an issue related to higher education and a class reflection completed all together on the last day of class. Honestly, I highly recommend taking this course. The teaching team was wonderful (TA was Rogelio Salazar, who was awesome!) and there is so much to learn about this topic. Rios-Aguilar made the class feel super welcoming, and it was a pleasure to get to learn from her.
Spring 2024 - Professor Rios-Aguilar has been an amazing, inspirational, and welcoming instructor this quarter. Her approach to the course is unique but it works well. She held lectures as a discussion, and walked us through the topics covered in the readings but offered discussions on these topics each week. She is extremely knowledgeable, extremely kind, and has been an absolute pleasure to learn from. As a result of the quarter's special circumstances, the professor did change the course assignments, but before this, the class consisted of 2 quizzes (which would have been take-home and open-note), a final policy brief worked within a group of 8 students that you would then present to a panel, and a weekly reading facilitation presentation. She just kept the reading facilitation presentation (which was easy, you just focused on the readings of your specific week and created a fun activity to pair it with), and is going to have us do a short final paper on an issue related to higher education and a class reflection completed all together on the last day of class. Honestly, I highly recommend taking this course. The teaching team was wonderful (TA was Rogelio Salazar, who was awesome!) and there is so much to learn about this topic. Rios-Aguilar made the class feel super welcoming, and it was a pleasure to get to learn from her.
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