Making a Difference
Many of those who have taken the leap from big business say it is the very mission of community colleges that attracted them.
Szu-Tu took a 35 percent cut in pay. But he says, “I can feel good about what I’m doing. Here I see a lot more passion and integrity and desire to help others.”
McCoy also made a conscious decision to work for an organization with a strong social mission.
“I knew I didn’t want to go back to helping another big company make money,” she says. “I was thinking of organizations and the services they provide rather than the revenue they generated.”
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