Barriers to ArticulationUnhelpful practices and attitudes Freq RankBelief that a university course is superior to a college course

9 1

Having unrealistic expectations 9 1

Weak motivation for Partnership agreement 5 2

Lack of institutions’ interest/commitment/involvement/champion

5 2

Unwillingness of institutions to negotiate 2 3

Elitist posture of university 2 3

Inadequate knowledge of institutions’ programs 2 3

Challenges and Solutions

Buildingrelationships

• Work only with universities that clearly support program articulation with colleges

• Have regular communication between college and university senior management teams

• Exercise patience and perseverance• Work hard and consistently at

relationship building• In a partnership have meetings at each

other’s campus• Demonstrate benefits of the articulation

process for the institutions• Develop deeper and richer relationships

with fewer strategically located programs and institutions

Giving misleading

information to

students

•Contact senior staff in Registrars’ offices for correct and current information

•Begin advising students early in their program about articulation possibilities and processes in their areas of study

Challenges and Solutions

Getting through thebureaucracy’s slowapproval process foragreements

• Develop concise and transparent policy and procedures and create tools (e.g. agreement format) that all units across the institution use

• Review articulation processes and practices to ease the process and the time taken to implement

• Have dedicated staff who understand the politics and structures of both college and university

• State expectations and parameters of collaboration clearly and early

Challenges and Solutions

ResistanceResistance, especiallyFrom faculty

•Show benefits of articulation to students and the institutions

•Learn about each others’ programs, resources and people

•Find out what students want and encourage them to use program articulation opportunities

•Know when to walk away and when to persist

Nine Helpful Pointers for Negotiating AgreementsPointers Freq Rank

Put the student first 17 1

Have open communication 13 2

Be flexible, patient and persistent 12 3

Build relationships 9 4

Review programs for transfer credit to benefit the student

5 5

Demonstrate mutual respect 4 6Program strengths 3 7

Do research 3 7

Staff appropriately 3 7

In Summary• Build and maintain positive relationship between administration

and faculty of college and university

• Ensure support of senior administration of both institutions

• Put students first

• Keep communication between institutions open

• Be flexible, patient, and persistent

• Demonstrate respect for each other’s programs, etc.

• Have a contact person in each institution

• Know the programs and build on their strengths

• Involve program faculty

• Have clear policies and procedures and facilitating tools