Bachelor's degree attainment for community college transfer students is one underutilized but essential pathway for reducing equity gaps in higher education. One way to achieve this at scale is through state-level initiatives dedicated to supporting transfer from community colleges to not-for-profit independent colleges. The Teagle Foundation and…

Institutional collaborations between community colleges and baccalaureate-degree granting universities are becoming an increasingly popular strategy to improve transfer and degree completion outcomes. Many promising cases of these collaborative efforts are described in the literature, and draw attention to some of their critical components.…

The purpose of this study was to build on the previous work of articulation practices of Virginia's public school divisions and community colleges participating in dual enrollment partnerships, and to understand the role of the community college in initiating, developing, and implementing dual enrollment programs. The primary focus involved…

In 1967, a group of minority community members and faculty of the various community colleges in the Puget Sound Region banded together in an attempt to make their institutions more responsive to their communities and students. Out of their first meetings emerged a cooperative effort by the involved institutions to improve and expand services and…

Author briefly restated the intentions of the representatives of the people of Illinois when they created Sangamon State University, interpreted them as intellectual purposes, and delineated a few of the functions important in carrying them out. (Author/RK)

This program in history instruction has provided a cooperative attitude between faculties of the university and the community college, and is having a positive effect on the reshaping of curriculum and teaching methods as well. (Editor/RK)

In this report of the Task Force on the Community College in British Columbia, recommendations for college development in British Columbia are made. The sections of the reoport are as follows: Recommendation Highlights; Task Force (Terms of Reference, Membership, Glossary, and the Public Process); 1. Previous Development; 2. Nature and Functions…

Somerset County Technical Institute and Somerset County College jointly operate and administer a two-year associate program for an applied science degree which was designed primarily to avoid program duplication and competition for funds and students. (Author/BP)

Traces the design and development of the San Diego City College Honors Program (California) and its successful implementation of intersegmental transfer agreements-chief among them being the Transfer Alliance Program (TAP), with the University of California, Los Angeles. Discusses the contributions of these types of programs, and implications for…

Working collaboratively, five community colleges and three universities designed a multiple entry and exit educational system that would meet the needs of both nurses and employers. The plan provides nursing education at five levels (from nurse's aide to master's degree) allowing continuous progression between levels. (Author/MS)

Two-year continuing education project jointly sponsored by Oklahoma County Libraries System and South Oklahoma City Junior College is described. (KP)

Describes a project designed to explore, define and assess the capability of four-year colleges to work cooperatively with the community colleges in the planning and development of allied health programs. (DC)

This document contains the four issues of volume 21 of the newsletter, "Linkages." The first issue discusses business partnerships, collaboration, community outreach, grants and contributions at the following community colleges: Salt Lake (UT), Monroe (NY), Niagara County (NY), Elgin (IL), Westmoreland (PA), Wayne (NC), Redlands (OK), Burlington…

Describes the Freshman/Sophomore Minority Teachers Grant Program, a collaborative project among several postsecondary institutions that provides mentors for minority students who are interested in teaching. (YKH)