Portland Community College

PCC offers free tuition for senior citizens under the Senior Audit program, but they make it virtually impossible to get into the program. Their teachers do not understand the program and require multiple contacts before they respond to emails. You can not be registered until the first day of class. Some courses are core classes that do do qualify for audit, but there is no notification of this. I think they have the program so they can “virtue signal” and then try to make it inaccessible due to... Read More costs. All in all, PCC does a terrible job regarding seniors and the disabled.

Awful college. No help from any of the faculty. The adviser gave me false information causing me to take too many classes at a time. And when I went for orientation, the adviser told me I would be taking an English comprehension class, what it turned out being was an advanced writing class that I was not prepared for and do not actually need to get into the degree program I want to be in. The same with the math class. I did not need a high-difficulty algebra class, but that is what I was put into.... Read More When asking for help, because I take my classes online, I am told I need to email or call. When I email, I am not responded to, and when I call, the faculty I speak with are extremely rude and will not answer questions I have, and then tell me I need to go in person, but when I go to the school in person, they tell me I'm not allowed to speak to anyone in person and to call. They will not help you and could care less if you succeed.

DO NOT TAKE THIS DEGREE. Unless you have an eidetic memory, already work in the field and can critically analyze with little to no information. The teachers do not update teaching material so you are left guessing what is correct and current and what is outdated and wrong the entire 2 years. This incorrect information is then re-enforced thru incorrect answers in quizzes and testing for which STUDENTS are having to notify teachers that this information is incorrect and then NOT receiving credit because... Read More they screwed up. The teachers are burnt out and give little to no feed back and asking for explanations on subjects that are not clear to you, you get unneeded retort and they treat you like your stupid because you didn't get it the first time. There are no additional learning aids for those who do not learn simply from reading. The current director is burnt out and need to retire. The program is set up in a non logical order where you are expected to remember a miniscule detail that you covered in a single sentence 2 years ago. There is zero repetition of subject matter which leads to the inability to remember anything. The other person who reviewed for this degree must have been working in the field at the time because they do not prepare you for anything.