Explains how course and program articulation between community, technical, and junior colleges and state universities is an outgrowth of a commitment from both to provide quality education at a reasonable cost. (PCE)

Several factors influenced the development of a system-wide articulation policy by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Enrollment patterns were changed by the creation of metropolitan community colleges and by the influx of first-time and older, non-traditional students. Increasingly, pressures were placed on the system to provide for…