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Springfield Technical Community College was the first college in Western Massachusetts to establish formal 2 + 2 articulation agreements with area high schools. As of September 1994, the college had signed a total of 65 individual agreements with 19 schools relating to 18 different associate degree programs. There are many benefits of curriculum…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Community Colleges
Moore, Glen W.; Holm, C. Frances – 1994
Tech prep partnerships facilitate innovative college teaching in the areas of curriculum content and instructional strategies through the collaborative efforts of secondary, postsecondary, academic, and technical faculty and business and industry representatives. Tech prep provides curricula and instruction that blend secondary and postsecondary…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Consortia
Pucel, David J. – 1998
The new visions for the American high school have profound implications for vocational education research. Almost all basic premises underlying what high school vocational education should be and do are in question. The new criteria for the American high school make clear that vocational programs focused on broad career preparation are essential…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
1995
The Tech Prep West Project, established in 1991, brought together three Massachusetts community colleges, seven secondary vocational schools, and one comprehensive high school to develop an alternative college preparation pathway for students, leading from the junior year of high school to an associate degree and employment in a specific career…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College School Cooperation, Community Colleges
PDF pending restorationRuhland, Sheila K.; And Others – 1995
Tech Prep programs have been designed and structured to forge strong and comprehensive links between secondary and postsecondary education institutions. Programs within these institutions lead to completion of an associate degree or two-year certificate, provide technical preparation in specified fields, build student competence, and lead to…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Reinventing Education through Tech Prep and School to Work: A Kentucky Model. Voices from the Field.
Logan, Joyce – 1996
Tech prep and school-to-work (STW) programs, partly based on the Southern Regional Education Board's High Schools that Work, are being used to restructure secondary education in Kentucky. Tech prep aims for a better understanding and application of technology, career awareness and planning, skills for a highly educated work force, a more focused…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Pucel, David J. – 1998
As American society has changed from the industrial age to the information age to the knowledge/imagination age, the notion of a comprehensive high school in its originally envisioned form has again become a high priority. If all students are required to obtain a rigorous academic education and an applied education related to a life or work…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
