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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED300042 AUTHOR:
TITLE: The Role of Florida Community Colleges in
Articulation. Articulation Study by the Florida State Board
of Community Colleges' Task Force on Articulation.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1988
NOTE: 133 p.; Some pages of appendixes contain small, light
type.
ABSTRACT: In May 1987, the Florida State Board of Community
Colleges authorized the formation of a task force to study
articulation processes, programs, and activities currently
in place; to identify current and potential problem areas;
and to recommend further studies and the appropriate
agencies to conduct them. Drawing from existing data and the
findings of a national survey of state articulation systems,
the task force concluded that Florida's articulation system
is unique in the United States, due to a consciously created
structure of higher education that incorporates community
colleges as the primary providers of freshman/sophomore
education and anticipates the movement of students among
colleges and universities as the norm rather than the
exception. From relatively simple beginnings, the present
day articulation process has become a formalized system of
statutes, rules, agreements, and activities. The success of
the Florida model is demonstrated by enrollment and student
performance data showing high rates of transfer and academic
success. The articulation system involves: (1) admissions
components, including minimum requirements, entry testing,
college/vocational preparatory instruction, feedback of
performance data between institutions, and articulated
acceleration mechanisms; (2) transfer of credit/program
articulation features, including common transcripts and
course numbering, the College-Level Academic Skills Test,
limited access programs, foreign language requirements,
transfer agreements for particular degrees, and the
registration process; and (3) student services, including
programs to improve minority student access, student
financial aid, and counseling. Drawing from study findings,
the task force developed 16 recommendations to improve the
system. (EJV)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: College-Admission; Degrees-Academic;
National-Surveys; State-Programs; Two-Year-Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *Articulation
Education; *College-Transfer-Students; *Community-Colleges;
*Intercollegiate-Cooperation
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