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 social media memes unprofessional

Del Mar College has recently taken a unique approach to its social media communication strategy by incorporating memes and humor into its content on Facebook and X, formerly known as Twitter. While humor can be an entertaining and a popular way to connect with students online, as an educational institution, it is vital to ensure that messaging is respectful and appropriate to avoid any potential negative impact on the community. Del Mar College recently made a comment on a local news page regarding an article about a woman who suffered from food poisoning at a seafood restaurant. When one gets…

DMC should stop using lockdown browsers 

Online classes and thus online testing had been around for years before the start of the pandemic and provide a valuable option for those who require the flexibility of the more self-paced environment. Online courses then grew to become ubiquitous when Del Mar College went into lockdown during 2020 due to the pandemic. Everyone had to take them, as in-person classes were either rare or simply non-existent for many courses. Today, most courses have at least one class provided in-person while still maintaining their online option. Though many of them, despite having returned to holding instructing face-to-face, have continued many…