A discussion is provided of key elements in the success of cooperative programs between high schools and colleges. First, traditional approaches to collaboration, such as the the development of high school courses by university teachers, are reviewed; differences in the cultures of the high school and the college are specified; and the broad range…

Now in its eighteenth year, an alternative public high school in New York City located on a college campus and aimed at potential dropouts and high-risk adolescents, Middle College has an exemplary retention rate and is being replicated across the country. (MSE)

Identifies best practices common to successful models of collaboration developed at LaGuardia Community College in New York: Middle College is an alternative high school, resident on a college campus, for underachievers; Exploring Transfer is a collaboration between LaGuardia and six other community colleges and Vassar College, that gives…

Middle College, a high school program on the LaGuardia Community College campus, was designed to reduce the urban dropout rate, to prepare students more effectively for work or college, and to attract more students to higher education. As a public alternative high school on a college campus, the program creates a continuum between high school and…

The Middle College High School on the LaGuardia Community College's campus demonstrates what can be done for high risk students by a full integration of high school, college, and the world of work. The Middle College features flexible pacing, broad curriculum, career education, and a college environment. (Author/MLW)

Discusses the International High School-LaGuardia Community College collaborative program that was developed to help educate high risk, limited English proficiency high school students. Examines and evaluates the program's admissions criteria, organization and instruction, special features, faculty, philosophy, and empowerment. (JS)

To motivate the urban adolescent, to offer a program of skills geared to work and life, and to reduce the need for remediation at the college level, LaGuardia (New York) Community College established a middle college, a new educational subunit, to cover the last three years of secondary school and the community college sequence with a program…

This report reviews secondary school/college articulated programs at 13 schools. Articulated programs are those which typically offer flexible enrollment opportunities in college level curricula for students who may be simultaneously enrolled in secondary institutions or who may leave secondary school early to pursue a higher education. Five…

In 1985, the International High School (IHS) at LaGuardia Community College (LCC) in New York City was established to address the crisis in retention of high school aged immigrants with low English proficiency. IHS has had great success in improving student attendance, retention, academic achievement, and graduation. Because of its location on the…