by hopewrcp | Mar 25, 2018 | Open Admissions Reviews
March 25, 2018 Ned Bachus’s memoir explores the challenges faced by first-generation community college students by Dave Canarie, an attorney and adjunct faculty member at the University of Southern Maine. Many non-traditional students have persevered through intense...
by hopewrcp | Feb 12, 2018 | Open Admissions Reviews
Ned Bachus has written several books in one: a personal memoir (Son of Immigrant Single Mom Makes Good), a deep reflection on life at the end of a rewarding teaching career (Farewell to Alarms), a writer’s journey with walks on the Irish coast (No Man Is an...
by hopewrcp | Feb 7, 2018 | Open Admissions Reviews
Bachus is a clear-eyed and likable protagonist and his hard-earned reflections on the way humans learn from one another are worth a read. A valuable and thoughtful work....
by hopewrcp | Feb 7, 2018 | Open Admissions Reviews
“While reading Open Admissions, I felt like I was there with you in the classroom and that I got to know some of the students. It rang true to me.” Judith Gay, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Community College of...
by hopewrcp | Feb 7, 2018 | Open Admissions Reviews
With humor and compassion, Bachus reveals the transformational work that occurs in community colleges in helping students reach their educational goals. He intertwines his own mishaps in a foreign culture with the challenges that students face as they enter the new...
by hopewrcp | Feb 7, 2018 | Open Admissions Reviews
In a time of crumbling infrastructure, education budget cuts, and spiraling college debt, Ned Bachus finds hope and possibility in our country’s community colleges. Open Admissions is a love song to the promise and accessibility of affordable higher education....
