ABSTRACT
A high school education provides the foundation for success, including the basic knowledge and skills for a career that provides a living wage and becoming a responsible citizen. High school curricula for college preparatory tracks are generally well defined and similar across states, but problems arise because there are big differences among the requirements for university majors. It is unclear what determines if a course is a high school or a higher education course because these entities offer many courses with the same or similar titles and contents. It seems clear that students should not spend time and money in higher education repeating coursework taken in high school. Community and technical colleges and universities have made efforts to simplify their relationships by creating articulation agreements. These agreements define a pathway that students can follow to eliminate or at least reduce the risk of losing credits when students transfer from community and technical colleges to universities.
