Community College Baccalaureate Association

CCBA 2010 Student Essay Contest

Open to: Students currently enrolled in a community college

Award: $1,000 scholarship for the student and $1,000 to the student's community college

Qualifications:

• Applicant must submit ONLY one essay, specifically addressing the topic "Why obtaining a four year degree on my community college campus would be important to me."
• Essay MUST be typed using 12-point type
• Essay text is limited to a minimum of 400 and a maximum of 500 words
• Essay MUST have the following information at the top of the first page submitted:
  
  • Essay title
  • Student's name, address, phone number and email address
  • Community college's name, address and phone number

To apply:

• E-mail entries by midnight February 5, 2010, to Dr. Beth Hagan, CCBA at BHagan7@aol.com

Winner will be notified by February 10, 2010. Essays will become the property of the Community College Baccalaureate Association. Submission constitutes an authorization to the CCBA to use the essays for research, and grants the CCBA the authority to publish the results of the research and the text of the essays. Scholarship prize is provided by Community College Week.

Additional information: Baccalaureate degrees are now offered on community college campuses throughout the United States and Canada through University Centers, 2+2 programs and Distance Learning. Community Colleges in fourteen states and four Canadian provinces confer the degrees themselves. Students who enter the essay contest should explore the issues of baccalaureate degrees on community college campuses. Information about this important movement is available on the CCBA web site at http://www.accbd.org or by calling 239-596-7990 for contest questions.