Title:
How do we facilitate the interaction between learning systems at community colleges and 4-year universities?
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Discussion:
- Background - Alfredo talking about the philosophy of learning at the community college level.
- Swirl of students passing through the community college system, to universities and back to the community colleges.
- Must include the 4-years as well as community colleges in this dialogue so students can continue in the learning environment.
- As we mesh the 2-year and 4-year degree programs, must concentrate on learning as a core.
- We should have the same focus for continuity. South Carolina - 16 community colleges and 2 land grant institutions [Clemson and South Carolina State] examples -- Forestry program needed in both north and south parts of the state [through distance education, bring courses in.]
Obstacles
- Community college tuition or Clemson? Tuition - both community colleges and 4-year colleges - no financial aid without being full-time
- Course being the same throughout system
- Different academic culture
- Different philosophy of learning
- Different course content
- Communication of stakeholder needs - meeting the needs of business, industry, and community.
- Fees
- Financial Aid
- FTE's
- Course Content [heterogeneous]
- Differences in educational philosophy
- Differences in academic culture
- Community of stakeholder needs
- Tradition
Strategy
- Focus on student success and student outcomes
- Bring together members from educational institutions to talk about issues and philosophies
- Start from scratch - examine what is course or core curriculum statewide
- Examine course content - statewide meetings
- Reward collaboration - Don't let rules, bureaucracy, turf issues dissuade you
- Share success with faculty - risk-taking and outside the box thinking
- Funding indicators - collaboration and distance education legislators reward collaboration - avoid duplication.
- Focus on student success vs. obstacles
- Statewide dialogue about issues and philosophies
- Funding indicators [i.e. distance education, collaborative learning]
- Share successes with faculty
Kellogg LINK Open Space Forum - 10.27.98 - District Office
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