Considers articulation between community colleges and upper division institutions. (Author/RK)

How vocational educators in one state contrived to win recognition for occupational programs in the master plan for higher education. (Editor)

The author has reviewed and discussed the separatism existing among vocational, technical, and academic education and between secondary and post-secondary educational institutions. Results are reported of two national surveys to determine the perceptions of key State officials on the status of articulation of secondary and post-secondary…

Between May 15 and July 15, 1987, a study was conducted of transfer and articulation among the public institutions of higher education in New Jersey. The focus of the study was the Full-Faith-and-Credit Policy (FFAC) of New Jersey among the county colleges and state colleges, as well as the Rutgers University System and the New Jersey Institute of…

Legislators and college leaders bring different concerns to the issue of student transfer policy effectiveness. If governing boards do not ensure effective transfer, legislatures may take the initiative by issuing mandates for interinstitutional cooperation. The key to successful transfer and articulation is collegial faculty-to-faculty…

Factors that affect the attainment of a bachelor's degree by urban students are outlined. The demographic profile of American school children makes it clear that problems for urban colleges and universities will grow in the years ahead. There is a correlation between income and education achievement; low income students do not achieve, persist, or…

Factors at the national, state, and institutional level that damage constructive relationships from the two-year college perspective are considered. Two-year institutions have felt that they have not received their proportionate share of attention or funds from the federal level, and that federal vocational education legislation has not protected…

A study was conducted in four metropolitan areas in Florida to determine: (1) the desired and actual roles of state agencies, community colleges, and public universities in promoting the achievement of the baccalaureate degree among urban students who begin their postsecondary education at community colleges; (2) the strengths and weaknesses of…

Factors that affect the attainment of the baccalaureate degree by urban students are addressed. Attention is directed to: characteristics and aspirations of urban students attending public institutions in urban areas, problems and roles of urban community colleges and universities, performance of urban students, transfer from two- to four-year…

Drawing from a study of the progress of minority students to the baccalaureate degree, this report raises questions on how institutions and states can intervene to speed the process of reducing inequities that are clearly the product of past differences in minority access to education and jobs, and identifies practices of particular promise.…