采访珍娜·阿南德 导演, 学术规划中心 and 支持(帽) and 建议 and 转移 Center, 冰球突破豪华版试玩
As director of the 学术规划中心 and 支持(帽) and 建议 and 转移 Center, 珍娜米. Anand helps oversees all aspects of the student experience at 冰球突破豪华版试玩, 从所有新生入学考试开始, 为入学学生提供辅导和学术建议, to transfers to four-year schools for students who want to continue their education.
她喜欢帮助学生成功. “I like making it possible for people to change their trajectory, 为了找到一份更好的工作或得到他们想要的职业,阿南德说, 谁从2012年开始在冰球突破豪华版试玩工作. “I like to guide them through some of the challenges so they can achieve their academic and career goals.”
What are students most apprehensive about when meeting with you to discuss starting a degree program?
我认为 they are afraid they are making the wrong decision. 我认为 we put a lot of pressure on young people to have it all figured out. That is ideal if you know where you are going and what you need to do to get there. 但这并不典型. Students who are less certain of their goals are often afraid about making a bad decision — are they wasting money? 他们选错课了吗? 我们根据他们的长期目标来告诉他们, it’s hard to make a wrong decision during your first semester. The earlier you know, the better financially and time wise. But we’re here to help make sure they make the right decisions.
Does it make any difference if a student enrolls in the spring semester instead of the fall semester?
在大湾，没有太大的区别. We do rolling admission and accept students into every semester—fall, spring and summer. There is a whole cohort of students who start in the spring. For the most part, we are set up to start students every semester. 我们的春季学期没有正式的入学指导. 我们的春季迎新会在网上, 这是一个细微的差别, 但, 我们可以一对一的进行入职培训, 课程是一样的.
What advice do you give to someone who has been out of school for a while?
信用额度不会过期! 无论是来自GBCC还是其他学院. We’ve had folks return to complete degrees they started 20+ years ago. While some program curriculums do change and some science and technology programs do have courses that expire—for the most part a class you took is a class that counts. Let’s see how close you are to completing—a lot of times completing a credential can lead to better opportunities and advancement at work.
Do you see students at this time who did not do well during their first semester at another college?
是的, the first semester of college is when students normally see the lowest GPAs of their academic careers. 他们正在努力弄清楚自己是谁, 他们喜欢什么, 他们如何在世界上发挥作用，是的，学习和研究, 等. Some students see that low/lower GPA and feel they are in the wrong place, 但 really—that’s just the process of trying/learning something new! You aren’t going to be great at everything straight out of the gate. Going into your second semester, students have time to reflect and consider what to do differently.
We also see students who may have done well 但 are leaving a current situation because of a social reason, 这很常见. In some situations, they missed the deadline to apply and transfer to another 4-year degree program. GBCC offers time to take classes, re-group and take classes.
What does Great Bay do differently when it comes to advising students throughout their college experience?
Because of our size and our ability to deliver personal attention, 我认为, we are able to help students identify their long-term goals and to look at the whole picture. 我们试图帮助他们看清自己的方向, 识别他们的梦想, 以及Great Bay如何帮助他们实现这些目标.
你给学生最常见的建议是什么?
On average, classes are going to take about 10 hours a week. I feel that many people don’t believe me when I say that. But students sometimes forget they will have homework and they need to block out time to do the work the class requires. The most common student pitfalls I see are students who can’t block out time to focus on their classwork. Sometimes this is a lack of time management, 但 sometimes this is a lack of time. We try to work with students on prioritizing, scheduling, and time saving ideas. 我们有过单身, working parents of multiple children complete the Nursing program as an example of a situation where there is an intense academic program with many conflicting demands on a student’s time—it’s not easy, 但是我们可以帮助学生发展这项技能.
What do you see as the biggest benefit to starting at a CC.
最明显的原因是成本, 小班授课, 的支持下, having the time and tools to improve academically and build a career interest. 也, the chance to take ownership of your education and learning the skills to advocate for yourself. 获得自信很重要. For most students, this is the most expensive first endeavor into independence. We help them to learn how to navigate college and do it successfully. They come to realize that if they can do that here, they can do that at other places too.
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