Community College Research

Alabama (29) by Michael Johnson

The worst college was State Center community college at http://www.scccd.cc.ca.us Because the link is always unavailable.

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Florida (28) by Michael Johnson

Criteria:

Top 5 Community College Web Sites:

1. Pensacola Junior College: http://www.pjc.cc.fl.us/
   I chose this as my number one site because it has a ton of information about the college, it looks very professional, and it is easily navigated.
   
   
2. Broward Community College: http://www.broward.edu/
   This one comes in second because the homepage is a bit cluttered which made it a little bit harder to navigate, but other than that it was just as good as the first.
   
   
3. Enterprise State Junior College: http://www.esjc.cc.al.us/
   This site is nice looking, and I like the menu, it just doesn't have the amount of information as the first two.
   
   
4. Lake Sumter Community College: http://www.lscc.cc.fl.us/
   Good presentation, a ton of information but isn't navigated as easily as the rest.
   
   
5. Palm Beach Community College: http://www.pbcc.edu/
   The thing that I didn't like about this one was that it could have used a little more of the screen. Other than that, it looks good and has a lot of info.
   

Florida (28) by Craig LaVelle

TOP FIVE:

I have chosen Valencia Community College, http://www.valencia.cc.fl.us
Great main page, easy to navigate. You can register, add, drop, and pay online. Makes it easy to access teacher’s websites and email them. Gives links to all of the campuses, with more details on each campus. Also let’s you leave feedback, so that they can address errors or improve their site to make it more user friendly. Very well maintained site.

I have chosen Broward Community College, http://www.broward.edu
Very easy to navigate. I liked the Student online system which alls you to register, add, drop, pay. Also it allows you to check grades and request transcripts. Also the site gives you the requirements and descriptions for majors.

As my #3 choice I chose Edison Community College. http://www.edison.edu/
Easy to navigate site. Kind of plan but, well laid out. You can register online for classes. Easy to find facility page, with email addresses. Their search engine uses Google. Gives links to the other campuses.

As my 4th choice I chose Hillsborough Community College. http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/
Easy to navigate main page. Links to teachers website and email addresses easy accessible. You can register, add, drop, and pay online. Site has links to the college’s campuses. The individual campus links need more information in them. Liked the “In The News” on the side of the main page.

My final choice is Florida Community College of Jacksonville. http://www.fccj.cc.fl.us/
Easy to navigate site. Gives telephone numbers to all the campuses. Allows you to register online. Worst community college in Florida is Lake Sumter Community College. Very plain website. You cannot register for classes online. No links to facility email or WebPages.

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Indiana (5) by Clare A. Tagliarino

I searched community colleges in Indiana, South Carolina, and Mississippi.

For my search critera I wanted to see if the website had the following: the ability to apply or print an application from online, if you could search for classes offered, if the site contained a way of contacting faculty & staff, view an academic calendar, view a school catalog, if the site was easy to navigate, and of course apearance.

The following is the only Indiana school in my top five (fifth place):

5.) Holy Cross College | Notre Dame, IN http://www.hcc-nd.edu/
I'm not completely sure this is a community college, but I found this website as I was searching for Indiana community colleges and thought the site was worth adding. This website stood out a lot more than all the other Indiana community colleges I visited. It had an eye pleasing appearance and also had all the critera I search for whereas all the others were missing at least one thing.

Iowa (21) by

Kansas (25) by Amanda Moyer

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Louisiana (11) by

Maine (10) by

Maryland (19) by Maegan Hodges

this has to be the best webpage of all three states. This webpage was very helpful and had a welcome attatude to it. The navigation was easy and the graphics were really nice.

this page was not as inviting as carroll or as easy to navigate, but it was still alot more easy then most of the pages I looked at. And the graphics were pretty nice.

this page was not easy to navigate, but once you got to where you need to be, that information was good and helpful.

this page was harder to navigate and the information given wasnt very helpful.

this page was impossible to navigate and the information given is even worst. It is one of those site you would get lost in.

Massachusetts (25) by

Michigan (31) by

Mississippi (18) by Clare A. Tagliarino

I searched community colleges in Indiana, South Carolina, and Mississippi.

For my search critera I wanted to see if the website had the following: the ability to apply or print an application from online, if you could search for classes offered, if the site contained a way of contacting faculty & staff, view an academic calendar, view a school catalog, if the site was easy to navigate, and of course apearance.

The following is the only Mississppi school in my top five (fourth place):

4.) Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College http://www.mgccc.cc.ms.us/
This was the best Mississippi community college website I visited. It had a very welcoming apearance with smiling students everywhere. The home page had links to whatever I wanted to know about the college.

Mississippi (18) by Craig LaVelle

TOP FIVE:

Told the amount for tuition, and allowed you to request a transcript. Also had a link so that you could make suggestion for improving the website. Gave links to fraternity and sorority. Site had great graphics but needed more detail about the school, also would be nice to register online.

Not an easy site to navigate. I finally found the web registration after having to do a search. Your can add drop, register, and pay for classes online. There is a lot of good info on this site just a little hard to navigate through it.

Allows you to view facility and go to there WebPages. The site let’s you view your transcript and course catalog. Nice layout of the site very easy to navigate. Needs more information though.

Allows you to view the facility and contact them by email or telephone number. Also let’s you view course catalog and tuition. No web registration.

Very easy website to navigate. Allowed you to view course catalog but did not offer web registration. Allowed you to view tuition and fees. No faculty emails or websites.

Worst community college:

Very basic website, nothing fancy at all. Allows you to view tuition and course catalog. Allows you to email different department but not specific staff members. No web registration

Minnesota (35) by Philip Durham

Missouri (19) by

Montana (15) by

Nebraska (9)

Nevada (5) by

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New Jersey (21) by

New Mexico (17) by

New York (64) by

North Carolina (58) by

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Ohio (40) by

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Oregon (18) by

Pennsylvania (28) by

Rhode Island (2) by

South Carolina (19) by Clare A. Tagliarino

For my search critera I wanted to see if the website had the following: the ability to apply or print an application from online, if you could search for classes offered, if the site contained a way of contacting faculty & staff, view an academic calendar, view a school catalog, if the site was easy to navigate, and of course apearance.

The following are the top five I've searched, numbered one being the best and five the least best:

1.) Florence-Darlington Technical College http://www.flo.tec.sc.us
This site stood out beyond all of the South Carolina Community College websites I visited and also the best out of all three states I searched. The site has a eye catching home page with everything you want to know at your finger tips right there. It was absolutely the easiest site I've been to.

2.) Horry-Georgetown Technical College http://www.hgtc.edu/
This South Carolina community college is another that is very easy to navigate and also has a home page with everything you want to know right there.

3.) Piedmont Technical College http://www.ptc.edu/
This is another community college in South Carolina that is pretty good. It too has everything on the home page and eye catching colors

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Texas (72) by Vedwatie ToolsieSingh

• 1. The site interest me as a prospective student because of all the links, pictures, maps and information I found in the web site.
• 2. I found the current catalog.
• 3. I found a course description.
• 4. I could also find what it will cost in most of the six college.
• 5. They include maps, good graphics for me to understand where they are located as well as phone numbers.
• 6. I found the faculty in a specific discipline, like Math and English.
• 7. The faculty have web pages with syabi, etc.
• 8. They provided faculty email links.
• 9. Their current schedule was online.
• 10. I could register on line.
• 11. If more than one campus, they had links on the first page to each campus home page.
• 12. If I were in these college's area the web site will help me decide whether I should attend this college or go to a local university or private school.

I have research Texas and these are the five colleges I have chosen:

1. Houston Community College System
   Link: http:www.hccs.edu
   I have chosen this college as number one because it had a lot of information about it, looks very professional, and it is easily navigated.



2. San Antonio College
   Link: http.//www.accd.edu/sac
   This college interested me very much, it had good graphics, discriptions, and a lot of interesting information.



3. Howard College
   Link: http.//www.hc.cc.tx.us
   This site is nice looking and I like the menu, it also had good maps and graphics.



4. Alvin Community College
   Link: http.//www.alvincollege.edu
   Good presentatin, a lot of information.



5. U of TX at Brownsville and TX Southmost College
   Link: http.//www.utb.edu
   This college had a lot of good information about it, such as, cataloges, course discriptions, and the site interest me very much.

The worst college is:

1. Montgomery College
   Link: http://www.nhmccdedu
   I think this is the worst college because the page could not be displayed.

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Wisconsin (13) by Philip Durham

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