Education Services Division
The state's community and technical colleges are recognized for their responsiveness to the educational and economic needs of their communities. As reflected in the State Board's "System Direction," colleges are committed to helping students achieve their learning goals by providing:
- Quality academic transfer programs.
- Workforce and education training programs that are relevant to local needs, lead to job opportunities for highly trained graduates in emerging, high-wage career fields, meet the needs of students and employers.
- Basic skills including English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) to prepare students to participate successfully in the economy as citizens and parents.
Common course numbering is a project to make course transfer between and among the 34 community and technical colleges as easy as possible for students, advisors and receiving institutions. The project is currently in the process of identifying common courses and assigning common course IDs and titles.
Following review of the results of a study comparing the demand for baccalaureate capacity to 2010 with the enrollment growth plan of the public baccalaureate institutions, the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges directed the executive director to:
- Pursue expanded partnership models of University Centers,
- Begin planning for pilot community and technical college baccalaureate degrees,
- Support expansion of upper division capacity at baccalaureate institutions.
The following items provide background for the State Board's actions:
- Baccalaureate enrollment growth and capacity: SBCTC and Council of Presidents (COP) project - PowerPoint presentation (PDF 99 kb) to the House Higher Education Committee, January 20, 2005.
- Resolution passed by the SBCTC on January 19, 2005.
- Panel discussion materials from January 19, 2005, meeting:
- Jean Floten, President, Bellevue Community College,
- Linda Beath, Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Studies, Central Washington University,
- Jack Oharah, President, Edmonds Community College,
- Bill Chance, Executive Director, NORED.
Go to CTC Bachelor's and University Contract Pilots page.
Ford Foundation Washington Bridges to Opportunity Project
The Washington Bridges to Opportunity Project is part of a national initiative to increase the access and success of low-income people in using community and technical colleges to achieve living-wage jobs and educational goals.
The Transition Math Project
The Transition Math Project is a collaborative project of K-12 schools, community and technical colleges, and baccalaureate institutions.
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