Conference Session

Innovative Partnerships

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Shaw, Museum of Science, Boston; Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

college.Each of the community colleges have developed articulation agreements withregional high schools in the technical field areas. As part of the PowerUP!project, teams of faculty and high school educators will examine thesearticulations to determine if they truly meet the transitionary needs of thestudents. This year, data will be gathered to evaluate the enrollment, retentionand recruitment of students into these programs. In Massachusetts studentsmust take the Accuplacer placement test before enrolling in mathematics orEnglish courses. In Massachusetts the community colleges had over 50% of thestudent body enrolling in two or more remedial classes. There is an obviousdisconnect between the expectations to graduate from high school and the