Like many schools, Bondurant-Farrar High School has a bulletin board set up every spring for seniors to announce their plans for after graduation. While some students were headed to out-of-state colleges or directly into the workforce through a trade, half of the board was dominated by cards signaling one of Iowa’s public universities as students’ next step.
Maggie Bruce’s card shared the same future as around a quarter of the board — DMACC. The recent graduate said the decision to attend the community college this fall came down to cost effectiveness, support from faculty and staff and the idea of dipping her toes into college life, rather than diving in head-first.
“I’m just hoping to get some insight on what college is really like, and I’m hoping to transfer,” Bruce said. “Just so I can get a better idea and kind of ease into the college experience.”
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