Talk:Modesto Junior College

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Citations needed/NPOV[edit]

This article makes several claims that should be verified by external citations:

The rate of students who transfer to four-year universities is among the best in the nation.
The math department has won the AMATYC community college mathematics competition numerous times.
its students generally transfer to the University of California system, and to private universities such as USC]], Stanford, Caltech, and MIT.
its forensic team has beaten four-year universities in National competitions.

There are also some statements that can be seen as not meeting NPOV standards:

MJC is regarded as one of the best community colleges in the state.
The science department features Professors from the best Universities in the Nation and in the World
Its Nursing programm boast a great reputation around the state

Epolk 18:01, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The main east campus has a run-down appearance. When I attended back in the early 1980s the student body was mainly low-class blue collar folks attempting to escape their socio-economic ruts. It was also the era of the Student Revolutionary Strike Force that attempted to counter the sport star-cheerleader rah rah attitude that made MJC reminiscent of a 1950s high school. We livened the place up a bit. 68.13.191.153 22:45, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed from article space[edit]

These are removed from article space for discussion:RJFJR (talk) 16:34, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This was in the intro. It's uncited (may be covered by BLP), a bit old (over a year with no comment on its impact) and not paritcularly significant (IMO).

Its current president is Dr. Richard Rose who received a vote of no confidence by the faculty on December 11, 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Facilities[edit]

Removed this whole section since it just refers to two events, neither of which seems significant

In the year 1985 an asbestos remediation program was conducted on the College, in which asbestos containing pipe lagging was removed and disposed of with proper manifests at off site locations(Earth Metrics, 1989). Sometime prior to 1989 at the College, there was an unauthorized release of diesel fuel to the environment, with an unknown quantity of fuel being discharged.

Graffiti Bowl[edit]

There's this www.mjc.edu but goggle has only 757 raw hits for 'graffiti bowl'. It doesn't seem to be the same sense as bowl game. Nickname? RJFJR (talk) 16:41, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To Do[edit]

When was MJC founded?
Need more references!

Free Speech[edit]

A student was prevented from handing out the Constitution (on Constitution Day). The JC was sued and came to an agreement with FIRE and the student. This is notable. https://www.thefire.org/victory-modesto-junior-college-settles-students-first-amendment-lawsuit/, https://www.nationalreview.com/2014/02/college-loses-war-against-constitution-alec-torres/ , modbee.com/news/local/education/article3155056.html Kdammers (talk) 14:25, 19 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]