Erasing the nation’s history is affecting education

In 2020, the quietly uttered phrase “I can’t breathe,” was heard echoed around the world. Words whispered from the faint lips of George Floyd, moments before his death, as he lie on the ground with a knee on his neck. As a direct result of this, protests were organized across the nation, but what else resulted from Floyd’s death? According to a survey done by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Floyd’s murder unleashed a monumental movement across the United States as a total of 94 confederate monuments were removed. A rapid increase from the four removals that occurred the year…

Teacher salaries affect student education

While tuition costs are rising, professors’ salaries are lowering. Colleges and Universities do this by using adjuncts to teach more and more courses. At Del Mar College, for the 2022-23 academic year, out of 707 professors, 389 of them taught adjunctly, or part time. This number is more than half of the whole professor population at DMC. Now, while the majority of DMC staff consist of adjunct members, they certainly don’t receive the treatment to reflect this. In fact, they hardly receive any. Adjunct staff members receive no benefits, are severely underpaid, have less job security, and usually have reduced…

Higher education leads to higher incomes

What’s something that’s so undervalued yet so valuable at the same time? Something that expands your personal horizon further than you ever could have possibly imagined, and increases your self-worth indefinitely? Your education is something that many would argue is one of your strongest personal assets, one that can separate you from the major sea of people our world consists of. But why is that? Why should education be so valued? What underlying factors truly separate educated people from the rest? For starters, the average salary rates of educated individuals only increase with time. Analyzing the annual rates, the national…

DMC continues to flourish in degree programs as the campus grows

This past semester, the Del Mar College Board of Regents approved the establishment of a new bachelor’s degree program for organizational management and leadership development. This is the second of its kind following the establishment of the Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing program back in 2021. In October, the board reviewed another plan for the establishment of a bachelor program in architecture, through a partnership with Texas Tech University. With the growing number of these programs in the past couple years, one can only hope that this trend continues. Del Mar College’s affordability and unique advantages allow…