What's "Number One" Mean to You?
On May 17, about 1,700 students will graduate with associate degrees or certificates from the College. This will not only set another record for the 42-year-old institution, it'll continue to keep Brookdale way ahead of the State's other 18 community colleges in the number of people who graduate with associate degrees each year.
A little context: Brookdale is third in enrollment but first in the number of graduates.
If you've ever visited any of Brookdale's campuses or centers, you'll see a big red decal that proclaims, "NJ's Number One Associate Degree College." With a record number of students graduating again this year, they won't be scraping off the "Number One" decals anytime soon.
Some people have said that "number one" is meaningful because it's a sign that students reached their ultimate goal: graduation. Others say that graduation isn't all that important at community colleges--that transferring to a senior institution is. Still others think "Number One" shouldn't be based on graduates but on some sort of ranking system, like having a magazine like U.S. News & World Report come in as an "independent" judge and decide whether Brookdale is really "Number One." (The magazine, however, ranks only four-year colleges and universities, not community colleges.)
We'd like to hear what you think about "Number One"--and whether this view is coming from you as a current or former student, employee, community member, or even if you're someone from Montana who stumbled onto this site and wants to weigh in on blogs.
A little context: Brookdale is third in enrollment but first in the number of graduates.
If you've ever visited any of Brookdale's campuses or centers, you'll see a big red decal that proclaims, "NJ's Number One Associate Degree College." With a record number of students graduating again this year, they won't be scraping off the "Number One" decals anytime soon.
Some people have said that "number one" is meaningful because it's a sign that students reached their ultimate goal: graduation. Others say that graduation isn't all that important at community colleges--that transferring to a senior institution is. Still others think "Number One" shouldn't be based on graduates but on some sort of ranking system, like having a magazine like U.S. News & World Report come in as an "independent" judge and decide whether Brookdale is really "Number One." (The magazine, however, ranks only four-year colleges and universities, not community colleges.)
We'd like to hear what you think about "Number One"--and whether this view is coming from you as a current or former student, employee, community member, or even if you're someone from Montana who stumbled onto this site and wants to weigh in on blogs.