November 19, 2004 |
2004-R-0823 | |
PARTNERSHIPS AND MENTORING PROGRAMS BETWEEN CONNECTICUT COLLEGES AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN SELECTED CONNECTICUT CITIES | ||
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By: Soncia Coleman, Research Analyst | ||
You asked for information about partnership and mentoring programs between colleges, particularly community colleges, and high schools in the following municipalities: Bridgeport, Hartford, Meriden, New Britain, New Haven, Stamford, and Willimantic.
SUMMARY
According to the legislative liaison for Connecticut’s community colleges, programs at the 12 schools vary and are sometimes informal and based on faculty or administrator community ties. Commonly offered formal partnership/mentoring programs include the Connecticut Collegiate Awareness and Preparation Program (ConnCAP) and the Tech Prep Program. ConnCAP, offered at many higher education institutions across the state, provides a summer campus learning experience and academic support during the school year. Tech Prep is a combined secondary and post-secondary education program that allows students to obtain advanced standing by earning college credits in the technology field.
Listed below are the programs offered by the relevant community colleges as reported by the colleges to their legislative liaison, Meghan Collins. The number of students served is included where available. Some of the partnership programs offered by a few of the larger private institutions, as described on their respective web sites, are also included. Additional information about all of the programs can be obtained from the respective schools.
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Bridgeport |
Gateway Community College |
§ College Tech Prep programs with Bassick, Central, Harding, and Bullard Havens Technical High Schools – 35 students at Bullard |
Housatonic Community College |
§ College Tech Prep programs with Bassick, Central, and Harding High Schools |
Hartford |
Capital Community College |
§ College Tech Prep programs with Bulkeley, Hartford Public, Weaver, and A. I. Prince Technical High Schools - 370 students |
§ ConnCAP programs with Fox Middle, Hartford Public High, A. I. Prince Technical High, Sports Science Magnet, and Classical Magnet Schools – 19 students |
§ Career Beginnings programs with Bulkeley, Hartford Public, Weaver, and A. I. Prince Technical High Schools – 200 students |
§ High School Partnership Program – 26 students from Hartford and surrounding towns |
Gateway Community College |
§ College Tech Prep program with A. I. Prince Technical High School – 15 students |
Manchester Community College |
§ College Tech Prep programs with Bulkeley, Hartford Public, and Weaver High Schools –23 at Bulkeley and Weaver, none at Hartford Public |
Meriden |
Gateway Community College |
§ College Tech Prep program with H. C. Wilcox Technical High School – 60 students |
Middlesex Community College |
§ College Tech Prep program with Maloney and Platt High Schools and the Another School Program (alternative high school) |
New Britain |
Capital Community College |
§ College Tech Prep program with E. C. Goodwin Technical High School |
Gateway Community College |
§ College Tech Prep program with E. C. Goodwin Technical High School- 38 students |
Tunxis Community College |
§ College Tech Prep program with New Britain High School |
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New Haven |
Gateway Community College |
§ College Tech Prep programs with Wilbur Cross, James Hillhouse, and Hill Regional Career High Schools – 139 students |
§ Senior College Experience Program with Cross, Hillhouse, Cooperative Arts & Humanities High (Co-op), Career Riverside, and New Haven Adult Education High Schools, High School in the Community, Sound School, Common Ground (charter), and Eli Whitney Technical High School – 65 studetns |
§ A Taste of College - 30 students from Cross and Hillhouse |
§ College Math Corner - 80 students from Cross, Hillhouse, and Career |
§ Humanities Course at Co-op and Adult Ed High Schools – 80 students |
§ Gateway Adult Ed with Adult Ed High School – 50-75 students |
Stamford |
Gateway Community College |
§ College Tech Prep program with J. M. Wright High School |
Willimantic |
Gateway Community College |
§ College Tech Prep program with Windham High School |
Quinebaug Valley Community College |
§ College Tech Prep program with Windham and Windham Technical High Schools – 16 students at Windham Tech |
§ Opportunity for Success Program |
Three Rivers Community College |
§ College Tech Prep program with Windham High School |
*Source: Connecticut Community Technical Colleges Government Relations Office
PRIVATE COLLEGES
Hartford |
Trinity College |
§ Learning Corridor- A campus of four inter-district public magnet schools, a performing arts center, and community programs. |
University of Hartford |
§ University High School of Science and Engineering- A public high school, utilizing an early college model, with a challenging curriculum emphasizing science, math, engineering, and technology. The school currently operates on the Asylum Avenue campus. |
§ After School Computer Academy for Girls- Teaches computer skills through hands-on classroom training and paid internships during the school year. |
§ Career Beginnings- An enrichment experience for fifth- and ninth-graders from Hartford public schools who visit campus and attend classes and programs. |
§ College Now- A service to local communities in which the university makes available many of its courses to especially well-qualified high school students. |
§ Hartford Scholars-Provides qualified students from any Hartford public or Project Choice school with tuition reduction and summer internship opportunities. |
§ Project Crecer- Provides opportunities for junior and senior high school girls from the Hartford region’s public schools to participate in academic programs to increase or improve their academic performance. |
New Haven |
Yale |
§ Hill Regional Career High School and Yale Partnership- The Yale School of Medicine and the Yale School of Nursing, in partnership with Hill Regional Career High School, provide more than 200 students with the opportunity to spend over three years in classes, laboratories, and structured internships during the school year. The program also offers S. C. H. O. L. A. R. , a tuition free three-week summer residential program on the Yale College campus for students in grades 10-12. Students take science and SAT/college preparation courses from both Yale and Career High faculty. |
§ Yale-New Haven and Area High School Program- Each year, 40 Greater New Haven high school students take regular Yale College academic courses on campus for credit and free of charge. |
§ Shafer Summer Scholarships- New Haven students are selected by their high schools to attend two ten-week Yale College summer sessions. The University provides tuition and a $ 450 stipend for each student. |
§ Yale New Haven Summer High School- Hosts 35-50 high school students from the Greater New Haven community for a month long seminar program that explores a different theme every year. |
§ Yale Daily News- Seminar in Journalism- A one-week program in journalism for high school students at the Yale Daily News. |
*Source: institution web sites
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