Fourth in a series
Re “Abu-Ghazaleh Measures Success on West’s Campus”
[img]1816|right|Nabil Abu-Ghazaleh||no_popup[/img]On the day before West Los Angeles College’s major Open House program, third-year President Nabil Abu-Ghazaleh addressed the question of how close the community college is to reaching the desirable number of students to attain their degree.
“Very interesting,” he said. “What is a desirable proportion?”
“You want all of your students to reach their goals. Frankly, many of our students come to college without having very clear goals.
“I would say we have a lot of work ahead of us because we will continue to recruit new students, having not really established goals, having not really a solid training or vision for what lies ahead. It is important to continue to receive those students. It is important to continue to improve how we funnel them into the learning experiences they have,” Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh said.
He was saying that he and his staff must practice perspicacity and tenacity.
“I don’t think this job will ever be finished,” the president said. “The reason is that every year we have new students who come in unprepared.
“Every year we will continue to learn and find better ways to adapt to our changing student body. Our students come with different sets of preparations. We also are working more closely with high schools to help align our curricula. That is a big challenge. A school system in California is a very large enterprise.”
(To be continued)
