Describes the development and operation of several two-plus-two technical-preparation programs at Williamsport Area Community College, whereby the last two years of a high school student's education are joined to the first two years of his/her college study in a well-organized, uninterrupted track of study. (DMM)

This paper examines models of community college articulation with high schools and four-year institutions as examples of the facilitation of student transfer at the different levels. The first sections of the paper describe four programs to enhance high school to community college articulation: (1) Sacramento City College (California) and the…

With state funding, 2 + 2 + 2 articulation programs were developed on 25 California community college campuses to address the need to educate, train, and retain members of underrepresented groups in diverse occupations, to reduce high school dropout rates, and to coordinate the intersegmental transfer process. This handbook offers information and…

Describes programs in place at LaGuardia Community College which meet the needs of first-generation students, including alternative high schools; programs in critical thinking, speech and communication, and neighborhood history; and a partnership with Vassar College to enhance transfer opportunities. (DMM)

In 1985-86, LaGuardia Community College (LCC) completed the developmental phase of a project aimed at increasing the number of minority, low-income urban students who transfer from LCC and complete a baccalaureate degree. During the year, the program had the following achievements: (1) linkages were established with the City University of New York…

The Community College of Baltimore's (CCB's) Ford Foundation Bridge Program was designed to improve and extend transfer opportunities in Baltimore by developing a completely articulated Arts and Sciences transfer program extending from five feeder high schools to four receiving baccalaureate institutions, with CCB serving as the "bridge"…