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• STEEL commented on Krzesinski to ECC City Campus: Drop dead!
  I have seen no study which suggests that more people are choosing NCC or if they are why they are choosing that college. Could it be that it has better course offerings? Or could it be NCC's plans for a new downtown campus? Or could it be that that more Niagara county students are actually coming to ECC on a percentage basis but that no one is mentioning that. Maybe NCC is attracting Erie County residents who are afraid of black people. Perhaps this is the real gorilla in the room driving this decision and the real reason the city...
• EB_Blue commented on Krzesinski to ECC City Campus: Drop dead!
  There's a $7,100 difference in the yearly income of an associate's degree holder compared to a person with only a high school diploma. So yes, people in the city need this campus....
• skybox commented on Krzesinski to ECC City Campus: Drop dead!
  There is a $14,100 difference between a high school graduate and a high school drop out. So we should really focus on getting students to stay in the Buffalo Schools until graduation. If 47% are dropping out, then ECC won't do them much good until the state pays for them to go back for a GED....
• EB_Blue commented on Krzesinski to ECC City Campus: Drop dead!
  Erie Community College offers Tuesday and Thursday GED classes... at its Employment & Training Center in Orchard Park....
• bobbycat commented on Krzesinski to ECC City Campus: Drop dead!
  ECC offers GED classes at each of their campuses. Here is a link to the offerings in Buffalo if you need it. http://www.211wny.org/Erie-County/Service-Category-List/category.aspx?category=Education,%20GED Classes are also offered by the Buffalo Public Schools, UB, Amherst Central Schools, Buffalo State, and others....