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The Role of Articulation Agreements in Creating Seamless Education in the Higher Education Sector . Raquel LM Sukhu Peter C Thomas 1 st National Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education held by The Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago November 17 & 18, 2011. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Raquel LM Sukhu
Peter C Thomas
1st National Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education held by
The Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago
November 17 & 18, 2011
The Role of Articulation Agreements in Creating
Seamless Education in the Higher Education
Sector
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“Articulation agreements are the bridge to seamless education
through lifelong learning”
(Josey, 2009)
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Define seamlessness in education
Identify strategies to achieve seamlessness
Examine articulation agreements as a strategy within HE
Highlight key issues, benefits and challenges
Review best practices
Objectives
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Seamlessness in education
Coordination of smooth transition between ECCE, primary & secondary education systems
An integrated concept of education stretching from early childhood through a four-year college/university degree
Educational preparation among institutions without a break in content
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Dual credit programmes
Prior learning assessment &
recognition (PLAR)
School-to-work
programmes
Common general
education core
Common course
numbering
Qualifications and credit framework
Integrated student unit record data
system
Articulation agreements
Strategies towards Seamlessness
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Articulation “generally understood to mean the
institutional policies or other structures that are implemented to encourage, facilitate and monitor the student transfer process”
“refers to the mechanisms that enable student mobility within and among the institutions that comprise the tertiary system”
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Articulation
“the process of coordinating curricula at different levels of education in order to foster the efficiency and effectiveness of the educational process” which is “used as a vehicle to encourage collaboration between educational institutions”
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Articulation
“Through articulation, credentials from one institution are recognised by another, allowing students to attain advanced standing in a new post secondary programme”
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Articulation “Articulation is closely linked to the
concept of ‘transfer’ – “the process of moving a student’s credits across different institutions”
Numerators of the transfer rate tend to be focused on student transfer, and not transfer of credits
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Articulation
The intention of articulation policies (in the US context) is not to improve transfer rates…
it is to prevent the loss of credits when students transfer.
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Articulation“Student movement is multi-directional:
Vertical – • upwards or • downwards (reverse)
Lateral – between similar institutions
Swirlers – frequently alternating between two- and four-year institutions”
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United States – 100 year history of articulation; state-
wide agreements
South Australia – integration of PLAR, articulation with TAFE
South East Asia - pathways for technical and vocational
education graduates
Articulation Agreements
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A number of HEIs have established agreements
Scholarship on the need for seamlessness and articulation
‘Guidelines for Framing Articulation Agreements in
Trinidad and Tobago’
Articulating in Trinidad & Tobago
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Key Issues Differentiation and diversification
The binary divide
Drift (academic; vocational)
Ensuring mobility, inclusive of swirlers and reverse articulation
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FOR STUDENTS1. Improved access and freedom of
movement2. Lower rates of drop-out or failure
without credit3. Increased programme choice4. Less wastage – time, endeavour,
money
Benefits of High Articulation
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FOR STUDENTS5. The possibility of non-traditional
learning experiences being credited towards a degree
6. Opportunities to change concentrations or institutions mid-stream, or to delay final choices whilst still carrying forward relevant credits
Benefits of High Articulation
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Benefits of High ArticulationFOR STUDENTS
7. Possibility of moving between institutions in accordance with aspirations
8. Opportunities to pursue lifelong learning through the flexible accumulation of credits over a long or short time period
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Benefits of High ArticulationFOR INSTITUTIONS
1. Effective means of facilitating equity under conditions of inter- and intra-institutional differentiation
2. Possibility of greater interdisciplinary programme linkage across institutions
3. Fewer repeaters and drop-outs
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Benefits of High ArticulationFOR INSTITUTIONS
4. Less curriculum duplication / overlap
5. Increased academic collaboration6. Increased pass rates7. Improved internal institutional
efficiency along with the possibility of increasing student numbers
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Best PracticeSeven Guiding Principles1. Parity among institutions2. Parity of students3. Faculty have primary responsibility
for crafting agreements4. Accommodate students’ transfer
without a minimum of associate degree
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Best PracticeSeven Guiding Principles5. Agreements in specific programme
majors as well as transfer of programme major courses
6. Both public and private institutions should participate
7. Data-driven evaluation of performance of agreements
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In conclusion…
The articulation agreement is a key mechanism upon which the development of a seamless HE system in Trinidad & Tobago is dependent and as participants in the HE system we must begin to critically evaluate the ways in which we build and employ them.
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In conclusion…
Differentiated and diversified HE systems with insufficient articulation will, at best, be fragmented systems, far from seamless.