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City College tackles low enrollment with local high school outreach

October 28, 2019

With enrollment numbers steadily declining over the past decade, City College is looking for answers as to what factors are behind this decrease. One way City College is tackling the decline in enrollment is by spreading awarene...

Gap years help young people discover their true potentials

Sarah Maninger, Arts and Entertainment Editor

April 5, 2019

In a time when students’ educational plans are becoming more and more complex, it's important that we remind ourselves that gap years are the future of social growth. Gap years are no longer defined by months of students galavantin...

Leaving high school early was the best decision I’ve ever made

Elizabeth Saubestre, Staff Writer

March 15, 2019

I never planned to attend college at 16. I was supposed to graduate at the slightly more reasonable age of 17, the age I will be turning in a couple of weeks, but I took a chance when an opportunity arose and haven’t looked...

Keeping high school attitudes will not foster college success

BETHANY ENRIQUEZ, Channels Staff

September 9, 2016

I can’t help but laugh whenever I look back to when I thought being a teenager in high school was difficult. I would get angry and feel stupid for receiving average grades, yet I spent more time hanging out with my friends...

Michelle Gottwald, instructor at the School of Nursing at Santa Barbara City College, leads a game of bingo about the many career fields in Health and Human Services on Friday, Feb. 5, at the Garvin Theatre. The game was part of one of the workshops encourage young women to pursue an education and career in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.

‘Her Life’ inspires high school women to pursue STEM majors

February 6, 2016