Metro West Middle College pilot program: an embedded case study
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In the early 1970's, a cooperative educational concept known as middle college was started to help underachieving and disenfranchised New York City public school students understand that college is an attainable goal. In 2004, the Career and Technical Education high school in Harris County Public School district, Harris Tech, and Metro West Community College (MWCC), all pseudonyms, joined to create their own middle college focusing on Career and Technical Education students. This pilot project, known as Metro West Middle College (MWMC), operated with the goals of helping students transition between secondary and postsecondary institutions, and increasing the level of collaboration between the two agencies. This research used an embedded case study qualitative methodology to investigate the levels of success of these goals. Three cases were embedded in the overall case study of MWMC. The first case consisted of state and district level administrators who were interviewed regarding statu
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In the early 1970's, a cooperative educational concept known as middle college was started to help underachieving and disenfranchised New York City public school students understand that college is an attainable goal. In 2004, the Career and Technical Education high school in Harris County Public School district, Harris Tech, and Metro West Community College (MWCC), all pseudonyms, joined to create their own middle college focusing on Career and Technical Education students. This pilot project, known as Metro West Middle College (MWMC), operated with the goals of helping students transition between secondary and postsecondary institutions, and increasing the level of collaboration between the two agencies. This research used an embedded case study qualitative methodology to investigate the levels of success of these goals. Three cases were embedded in the overall case study of MWMC. The first case consisted of state and district level administrators who were interviewed regarding statu
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