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Wednesday, October 24, 1990
Opinion
/Collegian 3
T-ASP Q & A
Can I register to take the TASP test Nov. 17? I just discovered that I had better take
it this time.
Yes, you can still register until Nov. 17, but you will have to pay a late fee of $20 in addition
to the standard $24 fee. For complete details, consult page 8 of the current TASP Registration
Bulletin.
I’ve registered to take the TASP test Nov. 17. On my admission tickets it says the test
site is “Tarrant County Junior College,” but it also says something about Tarrant County
Convention Center. Where do I go?
Go to the Tarrant County Convention Center in downtown Fort Worth, which is where
TCJC is giving the test on this date. I would suggest that you plan to arrive downtown no later
than 7:30 a.m. because nearly 1,000 students have already registered. NO ONE WILL BE
ADMITTED TO THE TESTING AREA AFTER 8 A.M. You will be more prepared to take the
test is you avoid the last-minute confusion.
What is the difference in being “TASP required” and “TASP exempt”?
At TCJC, a “TASP exempt” student is one who has passed at least three semester hours of
college-level courses prior to the beginning of the fall 1989-90 semester.
A “TASP required” student, then, is one who has not passed at least three semester hours
of college-level courses prior to fall 1989-90 and has not taken the TASP test.
After a “TASP required” student has taken the TASP test, he/shc becomes a “TASP passed”
student if he/she passes all parts.
If a student fails a part(s) of the TASP test, the classification becomes “TASP taken”; and
the student must be remediated in one or more areas until the scction(s) arc Liken.
(‘TASP Q&A’ will appear in each issue of the Collegian as a service to TCJC students. Address
your questions to Dr. Horace Griffitts, TCJC Director of Research, 1500 Houston Street, Fort
Worth, TX, 76102. He is also a member of the Texas Academic Skills Council.)
Aid information needed
GAO,Gallup studies show
(CPS) Students and parents don’t know
enough about financial aid, the federal General
Accounting Office (GAO) reported recently.
The misinformation, the report said, may
•be effectively shutting the door to college for
some.
Most families also have serious miscon-
ceptions about the cost of a college education,
the office said in an Aug. 29 report reviewing
several studies on student aid and college costs.
“Many students and parents misunder-
stood aid requirements and thus believed in-
correctly that they were ineligible for aid,” a
GAO representative said in the report titled
Higher Education: Gaps in Parents’ and Stu-
dents' Knowledge of School Costs and Federal
Aid.
For example, the GAO cited a 1980 study
that found only 12 percent of all high school
sophomores knew Pell Grants were available
to students in their school. Only 8 percent
knew student loans were available.
Later studies turned up similar results. A
1988 Gallup Pol I conducted for the Counci I for
Advancement and Supportof Education found
that almost half the high school students sur-
veyed thought they were ineligible for Pell
Grants loattcnd a high-priced private college if
their parents could afford to send them to a state
college.
Pell Grams, the largest aid program, arc
available to all who qualify.
College financial aid directors generally
agree with the GAO report.
“Most of our parents arc very unaware of
what’s available or how to prepare,” David
Perkins, aid director at the College of Southern
Idaho, a slate-run two-year school, said.
Even more confused arc the older stu-
dents who didn’t even have a high school
counselor.
“Those people arc really in the dark,” he
said.
Richard Toomey, financial aid director at
Santa Clara University, said, “Very few parents
are familiar with the specifics of financial aid
although they all know there’s financial aid out
there.”
Biafra to speak on censorship at UTA
Jello Biafra, former singer of the punk group Dead Kcnncdys, will speak on No More
Censorship al UTA Thursday, Nov. 1 al 7 p.m.
The speech will take place in the Bluebonnet Ballroom of the University Center (UC).
I ickets, available at the UC teller’s office, arc $8 for non-UTA students.
Students speak out
Higher education equals better pay, career path
By Kimberly Fowler
Reporter
Question: Why do you feel higher education is important?
“Higher education is important to be able to advance in
life. It gives you better opportunities in the future, better
options. To be able to go into a specific career, education will
open doors. You’ll be more wilt rounded. Education gives
organizational skills. You learn more about people and man-
agement of people—just through watching people and meeting
them.”— Robert Willard, 27, Media Communications, NE
Campus
“Higher education is important to get a good job, with
good pay.”— Bill Ewing, 19, Electrical Engineering, NE
Campus
“Higher education is important to be able to get a better job
with a better income and to learn to deal with life more
sensibly.” — Scott Eddy, 21, Business, NE Campus
“I think, for one thing, it helps you get a better job with a
chance for advancement; there will be more open to you.
Another reason higher education is important is to gain personal
enrichment. You learn bits and pieces of different areas and
acquire new interests. Also, it’s fun!” —Merry Fuhrer, 36,
Physical Therapy Assistant, NE Campus
“Higher education is important for personal growth and
professional advancement. I have to get an education to get into
medical school.” — Tracy Murphy, 27, Pre-Med, NE
Campus
“Higher education is necessary to be able to make a living.
I’ve been out of school for 20 years; and to get a job that pays
enough to support my family, I must go back to school. I’m
changing fields and trying to get a job with a future. School is
a place to gain technology. I believe you arc either a worker or
a thinker. The working man has common sense. The man who
has been to college has the technology. If a man has both, no one
can stop him from succeeding.” — Rick Griffice, 37, Quality
Technology, South Campus
“Higher education gives you opportunity to advance in a
career, and if not a career, then at least a belter paying job. Also,
you meet nice, interesting people with common interests and
things develop, such as friendships and business opportunities.”
— Moses Luna, 20, Media Communications, NE Campus
“Higher education is important mainly because, with
today’s technology, if you want to stay where you arc or move
ahead you have to get a college education. It’s going to get
worse because there’s going to be more knowledc to absorb just
to get to the next level of advancement.”—MarcDonatelli,20,
Drafting, South Campus
“I guess higher education is important to me because I like
to see everybody succeed, and being in school will help to boost
ones education in order to be able to succeed in life.” — Keenan
Broadus, 20, Communications, South Campus
“If you get a higher education, you can get more out of 1 ifc.
You have a better chance of going places in your life than you
would with just a high school education.” — DaShan Porter,
20, Nursing, South Campus
“I’m unable to continue the line of work I was doing
because I was injured. In order to get something belter I must
go back to school. Now it’s a lot more interesting since I’m
older, so I’m glad to be going back.” — Nathan Taylor, 34,
Electronics, South Campus
“The way to today’s society is, if you want to gel any-
where, you have to have an education. It’s not like the good ole
days when high school was enough. You need a diploma now
just to sack groceries! You’re belter off with a higher education.
You need it for your own security just to survive.” — Lief
Arnesen, 22, Undecided, South Campus
“Il lakes so much more to get a good paying job than it
used to. You’re cheating yourself if you don’t get a higher
education because the opportunities won’t lx there for you.” —
Nancy Ray, 19, Business/Gemology, South Campus
“To slay out of dead end jobs — hourly jobs that pay
minimum wage, and be able to get a career job, you need at least
2 years of college. No one takes apprentices anymore, they want
you to be trained already.” — Joseph Carlock, 25, Visual
Communications, South Campus
“Higher education gives you a great sense of accom-
plishment. It’s important to fulfill your drcams. If you have an
interest in something, then it will fulfill apartof you thatnothing
else can touch.” — Janine Walker, 27, Nondestructive En-
gineering, South Campus
“ In today’s society, I feel that without a college degree,
ultimate success is impossible. The competition is loo intense.”
— Ken Sydiskis, 19, NW Campus
“1 feel that this education kick that’s been going on since
lhc60’s is overblown. Yes, I agree that college is important, but
loo much pressure is put on high school grades. You know,
college is not for everyone.” — Rob McClaine, 22, Political
Science, NW Campus
“These days people base everything on monetary goals. It
seems the only way to achieve prestige is by attending college.”
— Chris Arledge, 21, Communications, NW Campus
“Education enlightens the mind. Learning is a life long
process. Higher education increases knowledge, and with
increased knowledge ultimatly comes wisdom.”—ScottSmith,
31, Art, NW Campus
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