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Evolution of 2 + 2 Articulation Agreements in Mississippi

Reginald Sykes

Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Assistant Commissioner

Community/Junior College Relations

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History of Articulation Agreement

• Articulation Agreement signed in 1991

• The Articulation Agreement consists of 115 individual agreements

• The Articulation Agreement has over 12,000 credit hours guaranteed to transfer

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Articulation Agreement

• The Articulation Agreement contains programs and courses appropriate for transfer to Mississippi’s eight public universities

• Developmental and career programs credit hours will not transfer

• Individual universities have agreed to accept selected technical hours

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An individual agreement between a university and

one or more community/junior colleges. It is intended

that this agreement enhances the Articulation

Agreement by allowing additional courses to transfer

in a specific program of study.

What is a 2 + 2 Agreement?

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Rationale for 2 + 2 Agreements

• Recruitment opportunity

• University will allow additional courses to transfer into a specific program of study

• Complete program in eight semesters

• University is the only institution offering the program

• Work collaboratively with CJC

• Offer similar programs in the same facility or proximity

• University will allow additional technical courses to transfer

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2 + 2 AgreementChallenges

• Articulation Agreement is a 2 + 2 Agreement

• Students must Declare a Major

• Participation of all Community and Junior Colleges

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Technical 2 + 2 Agreements

• No State-wide Technical 2 + 2 Agreements

• Early Childhood Initiative

• Business and Office Technology Cluster

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IHL 2 + 2 Agreements with Community/Junior Colleges

Academic Year 2008-09

• Participating Universities and Community/Junior Colleges

• Programs• Location

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Questions

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