On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 16:11, AZ Pete wrote:
> I've found the same dilemma. I took an Oracle DB Design course at
> MCC about a year and a half ago. Since then all Oracle classes
> (except for the most beginner levels) have been dropped due to low
> enrollment. I even tried taking a Java class at SCC and it too was
> dropped due to low enrollment. At the time I took my Oracle class, I
> spoke with the director of the school and she said that this has been
> a big problem since the dot-com burst. There simply aren't enough
> students enrolling to make it profitable for the school to offer
> these classes. One of the other students in my class at the time,
> mentioned he was has been trying to get into certain Oracle classes
> for more than a year with no luck. They just kept dropping the
> classes. I thought I'd be able to get take some good Oracle courses
> for less money by going through the community colleges, but it looks
> like that's not really an option these days. It seems one must
> either do self-study with some books or go to one of those expensive
> one week "boot camp" type places.
>
> Peter
>
Darn! I was also thinking about taking some Oracle classes. Otherwise,
there's not much at the community college level I don't know. I could
certainly teach many of the programming courses. (As Walter Brennan
used to say "No brag- just fact." In other words, if I'm old enough to
remember the Real McCoys, I've been writing code a LOOONG time.)
Vaughn
>
> At 03:48 PM 1/31/2006, you wrote:
> > The drop in enrollment I believe is valley wide. I took all the
> > Cisco classes and even became CCNA certified. This did nothing for
> > my chances at actually attaining employment in IT; I think most
> > people realize this and just don't bother taking such classes. I am
> > still employed as a surveyor and am satisfied with being a
> > Linux/Unix learner for my own personal satisfaction. I have noticed
> > the web design classes, HTML/Flash/Photoshop ETC. have rather
> > impressive enrollment at MCC.
> >
> >
> >Mark Jarvis wrote:
> >>Most of the community colleges offer an advanced *nix class, but
> >>it's hard to get enrollees, so they're often offered only once a
> >>year. (PVCC offers one spring semester only.)
> >>Computer class enrollment all over the district has been dropping
> >>the last few semesters. This semester at PVCC, both basic Linux
> >>classes (CIS126DL) and the advanced Linux class (CIS238) were
> >>dropped due to too few students signing up for them.
> >>-mj-
> >>Dan Lund wrote:
> >>
> >>>I know there are quite a few beginner unix classes, but are there any
> >>>fairly advanced ones?
> >>>I need to broaden my knowledge....
> >
> >
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