Conference Session

Two-Year/Four-Year: From Articulation to Matriculation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

schoolseniors for engineering since their numbers in this area have been down somewhat in the last fewyears. Each of the ten non-metropolitan CCs in the state of Arizona, spread throughout the stategeographically, was contacted about their interest in a partnership to encourage more students tostudy engineering and computer science. A couple of the colleges are more technology andtechnician inclined, with no real basis for an engineering major. Other schools are interested, butlack the faculty, staff, and interest to support such an effort at this time. A fundamental step informing a collaboration is to identify the right person at each CC who supports the collaborationand has the authority to make the decision to participate or has access to the