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ERIC Number: EJ979928
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 12
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0194-3081
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Articulation to and from the Applied Associate Degree: Challenges and Opportunities
Ignash, Jan M.
New Directions for Community Colleges, n158 p13-24 Sum 2012
This chapter discusses the "tangled knot" of articulating associate degrees in applied fields and reviews sample programs from applied associate (A.A.S.) to baccalaureate degrees using three distinct pathways, comparing the resulting A.A.S. to baccalaureate degree pathways to similar B.A. or B.S. programs. It focuses predominantly on curricular hurdles in articulating A.A.S.-to-baccalaureate degrees, because curriculum is generally thought to be the major stumbling block. A model describing three pathways for A.A.S. transfer, developed some years ago by the author, is used as a lens with which to view examples of existing programs that illustrate the pathways. The author also compares the three A.A.S.-to-baccalaureate pathways in the model to similar B.A. or B.S. programs that are not specifically designed for A.A.S. students in order to highlight the extent of curricular differences that may--or may not--be present. The chapter concludes with an observation that curriculum is less of a stumbling block than people think it is. (Contains 3 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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