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Community College
Baccalaureate: Emerging Trends and Policy Issues
The Community College Baccalaureate AssociationMarch 5, 2005
New York, New YorkDeborah L. Floyd, Michael L. Skolnik and
Kenneth P. Walker
Community College Baccalaureate (policies, practices, research) – chapter topics
History, Rationale, and the CCBA
US Models and Programs
Canadian Models & Workforce Issues
University Centers Applied Workforce
Baccalaureates
Practitioner models-St. Petersburg FL; Westark AK; Great Basin NV
Ontario, Canada Applied Degrees-research
A Cautionary View Resources
Definitions and Terminology
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)
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?
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
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)
Co-location – share physical space
Enterprise- Consortium to develop and operate higher ed.
Center (UTD & DDCCD/University Center, Greenville South Carolina)
Virtual- on line upper division course work (Franklin University –
Ohio)- partnership/bridge courses
Integrated- Co-location to a higher level. Integrated student
affairs, library, etc. (Brevard, FL – Central FL)
Sponsorship – cc takes leadership role in determining offerings (Macomb CC- Michigan)
Hybrid (only one where the community college confers bachelor’s degrees)
University Center Examples
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)
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)
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
Collaborative baccalaureate programs in nursing
University colleges in British Columbia Applied baccalaureate programs in
Alberta and Ontario
Some Recent Developments
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
Is one model of delivery more effective than another? Outcomes? Measures? Articulation (and Collaborative) Models Certification and post baccalaureate
partnership Models, especially teacher ed. University Extension Center Models University Center Models Community College Baccalaureate Models
….More issues
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
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
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…
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
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
