ERIC Number: ED154876
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Publication Date: 1978
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Community College/Vocational-Technical School Articulation: The Third Party Method.
Myers, Byron; And Others
Luzerne County Community College (Pennsylvania) received funds to articulate its program with three vocational/technical high schools in its service area. The proposal involved establishing a consortium intended to develop greater cooperation and more effective career education planning, to eliminate duplication, and to provide greater use of facilities. The project began with formation of a Joint Planning Committee consisting of the vocational/technical school directors and the college dean of instruction. Outside, impartial consultants were hired to administer the project. Three types of articulation were identified: conventional--advanced standing for qualified vocational students; administrative--administrators from each institution to meet and discuss coordination methods regularly; and interdependent--sharing facilities and eliminating duplicated offerings. Common curricula at the vocational/technical schools and the college were then identified, and instructors in the seven identified areas met to determine criteria for award of advanced placement credits to vocational graduates entering the college and to identify other areas of cooperation. Students at the high schools were surveyed as to their educational plans and interests; results indicated an overwhelming need for articulated postsecondary opportunities. (TR)
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