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Follow on Google News | Discrepancies in Los Angeles Community College District Course Offerings FoundWhen students had problems matriculating through District colleges, one professor sought answers. What she discovered is shocking.
By: Yolanda Toure “My team and I spent four hours comparing the course offerings on all nine Los Angeles Community College District websites,” said Prof. Touré. The LACCD’s colleges are: East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles Harbor College, Los Angeles Mission College, Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles Trade Technical College, Los Angeles Valley College, Pierce College and West Los Angeles College. “The results were confusing at best,” she admitted. Prof. Touré found several glaring discrepancies with course offerings between the nine college websites. “We saw a number of issues that went far beyond our initial investigation. We learned that our Business Departments are not standardized. Some colleges include C.A.O.T under Business and others are separate departments. Four campuses offer, what we are calling a traditional business curriculum. That’s where the vague similarities end. LATTC had probably one of the most robust course offerings and was comparable to Pierce College before our Department began downsizing. The departments are so different and they are grouped under a variety of department headings with little uniformity within the District. Business should be referred to by the same name regardless of the campus. Business, Business Administration, Business Technology, etc. makes comparisons confusing,” she said. At a time when most Trade Tech students say their number one reason for returning to college is to start a business, Prof. Touré can’t understand why pieces of the Business Department are being syphoned off to other Departments that have absolutely nothing at all to do with business. “This is the time when the Business Departments of our colleges need to be reconfigured for uniformity, supported with cutting edge marketing and strengthened,” The veteran instructor felt a sense of duty. “I had to bring these problems to the Board of Trustees on behalf of all students,” Prof. Touré said. We must provide LACCD students better service for their futures—and their investment.” End
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