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What is a Community College? A Smarter Option, says Dr Miloni Gandhi of Foothill College, California.

Published: July 25, 2021, 6:23 p.m.

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Episode summary introduction: This podcast is to serve as a primer on Community Colleges in the US.

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Dr Miloni Gandhi, Adjunct Faculty at Foothill College in California tells us why US and International students should seriously consider applying to them.

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In particular, we discuss the following with her:

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  • What is a Community College?
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  • Why should a student consider Community College?
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  • How do you Select Community Colleges to Apply to?
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  • How do you Apply?
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  • Advice to Students once they get there
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Topics discussed in this episode:

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  • Introducing Dr. Miloni Gandhi, Foothill College, CA [0:39]
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  • What are Community Colleges? [2:49]
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  • Why is Miloni teaching at a Community College? [11:22]
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  • Why should a Student consider Community Colleges? [12:04]
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  • How to Pick Community Colleges to apply to?  [18:02]
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  • Cost of Studying at a Community College [26:18]
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  • How to Apply [27:32]
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  • Advice: Once you are admitted [31:42]
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  • Close: Community Colleges are a Smarter Option [37:11]
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Our Guest: Our Guest: Miloni Gandhi Adjunct Faculty at Foothill College, California, is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) with Bachelor\\u2019s degree in International Development Studies and Geography. Miloni then graduated with a MA and PhD in Social Sciences and Comparative Education from UCLA. Miloni can be reached at miloni@goexperienceinternational.com.

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Memorable Quote: \\u201cAnd you\'ll find that the Community College Faculty is on par with a lot of the faculty at four year colleges. We have faculty who go on Fulbright grants for teaching, we have faculty who do incredible research\\u201d.

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Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode\\u2019s Transcript.

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