Tag: professors
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Every student needs a great teacher
By Yesica Peña Pulse Staff Reporter Almost everyone can recall the impact certain teachers made in their lives, teachers who inspired them and even changed the trajectories of their lives. For Abel De Loera, a sophomore Management Information Systems major, his first-grade teacher, Mr. Edwards, came to mind quickly. “My mom took me to get…
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PAC faculty implements learning outcomes for students
By Alyssa Ytuarte Pulse Staff Reporter Palo Alto College professors are improving their curriculum with the help of key assignments. The main goal of Palo Alto’s professors is to better educate their students with knowledge and skills not only in their classes but also for life. Key assignments demonstrate students’ communication, critical thinking, empirical and…
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Pros and cons of online classes
By Alesha Thorpe Pulse staff reporter According to The Palo Alto Fact Book, almost half of the 9,163 Fall 2011 and 8,387 Spring 2012 students took at least one online course. Online students have to have determination and willpower to make sure that the classes they take go the way they are supposed to go.…