Community College
Baccalaureate:
Emerging Trends and Policy Issues
The Community College Baccalaureate
Association
March 5, 2005
New York, New York
Deborah L. Floyd, Michael L. Skolnik and
Kenneth P. Walker
Community College
Baccalaureate (policies, practices,
research) – chapter topics
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History, Rationale,
and the CCBA
US Models and
Programs
Canadian Models &
Workforce Issues
University Centers
Applied Workforce
Baccalaureates
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Practitioner
models-St.
Petersburg FL;
Westark AK; Great
Basin NV
Ontario, Canada
Applied Degreesresearch
A Cautionary View
Resources
Definitions and Terminology
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What is a “community college
baccalaureate”?
How has the term been used? (models
and programs)
Who confers the degree… the defining
variable
Accreditation and classification issues
Community Colleges –
Baccalaureate (Typology) (Floyd, Ch 3)
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Articulation Model – Formal articulation
agreements to facilitate transfer, university
confers degrees
University Center Model- concurrent use
campuses, university confers degrees
University Extension Model- university
branches, university confers degrees
Community College Baccalaureate
Model- community college confers select
baccalaureates
Community College
Baccalaureate –What is it?
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Community college is authorized to confer
baccalaureate degrees (governing board,
regional accrediting association, etc.)
The college maintains a focus on community
college values, mission and focus (including
conferring associate degrees)
…. But, there are many other models and
partnerships, net effect of a community
college baccalaureate
Articulation Models
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Florida- State guaranteed transfer of
associate degrees to state universities.
Maryland-Statewide articulated
transfer agreements, especially in
teacher education disciplines
And many others
University Center Models
(Lorenzo typology,
Chapter 5)
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Co-location
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Enterprise-
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Virtual-
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Integrated-
– share physical space
Consortium to develop and operate higher ed.
Center (UTD & DDCCD/University Center, Greenville South Carolina)
on line upper division course work (Franklin University –
Ohio)- partnership/bridge courses
Co-location to a higher level. Integrated student
affairs, library, etc. (Brevard, FL – Central FL)
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Sponsorship –
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Hybrid (only one where the community college confers bachelor’s
cc takes leadership role in determining
offerings (Macomb CC- Michigan)
degrees)
University Center Examples
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North Harris Community College District
(Houston) – 6 public universities, 21
unduplicated bachelor’s degree programs,
24 masters programs
Broward Community College’s shared
campus with Florida Atlantic University
Yuma Educational Consortium with Northern
Arizona University and Arizona Western
College
… and many more!
University Extension Models
(diverse forms of state governance blur
distinctions)
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University of West Virginia – Parkersburg
(formerly Parkersburg CC until 1989)
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith –
(formerly Westark Community College until
2002)
Oklahoma State University – Okmulgee (land
grant university campus, highest degree
associate, now approved for technical
baccalaureate degrees in certain fields)
Community College Baccalaureate
Models (recent developments and examples)
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Florida – St. Petersburg College (2001);
Miami Dade College and Chipola College
(2002); recent legislative activity
Nevada- Great Basin College (1999)
Texas- Brazosport College, Midland
College, South Texas Community College
(2003) – workforce baccalaureates
Utah-Utah Valley State College (1993);
Dixie State College (2000) – 4 year now
Canadian Models and
Programs
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Collaborative baccalaureate programs
in nursing
University colleges in British Columbia
Applied baccalaureate programs in
Alberta and Ontario
Some Recent Developments
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New bill in Arizona (“a shot across the
bow”)
Cherry Commission in Michigan
recommends applied degrees
Alberta Post-secondary Learning Act
Effect on collaboration in B.C.
Movement toward national accreditation
in Canada?
Issues & Questions to Ponder
… just a few
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Is one model of delivery more effective
than another? Outcomes? Measures?
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Articulation (and Collaborative) Models
Certification and post baccalaureate
partnership Models, especially teacher
ed.
University Extension Center Models
University Center Models
Community College Baccalaureate
Models
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Curriculum - What are the curricular
areas of focus? Workforce and
applied? Are these programs meeting
unmet needs in the workforce?
Reasons and motivation - Why are
community colleges moving in this
direction? Access & Economics
New roles for faculty- questions
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What are faculty roles and expectations
with each of these models and
approaches?
What effects do these approaches have
on faculty morale, loads, job
satisfactions?
Will faculty teaching in baccalaureate
programs retain their community college
focus?... Change focus?
Fiscal Ramifications - questions
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What are the real costs of community college
baccalaureate programs?
How do these costs compare with university
programs?
Is one model more cost effective than the
other?
Should community college faculty teaching
upper division courses be paid more money?
Looking to the future…
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What happens to community college
students who graduate from a program?
Success? Retention in profession?
Postgraduate Study? Variations by model?
Who will assume the research agenda for
this movement so decision makers have
good information for policy making?
Will these changes in community colleges
alter the fabric of these colleges as we know
them? If so, in what ways?
Where do we go from here?
Thoughts, questions,
sharing…
Contact information:
Dr. Deborah L. Floyd
Associate Professor, Higher Education
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431
954-564-0344 - phone
DFloyd@FAU.Edu
Contact information:
Professor Michael L. Skolnik
William G. Davis Chair in Community
College Leadership
University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M4S 1E1
416-923-6641, Ext. 2308
mskolnik@oise.utoronto.ca