Building bridges from the community college to a university engineering education a model for collaborative approach

A model for collaborative approach to build bridges from community college to university engineering education, is discussed. The majority of the Salt Lake Community College (SLCC), Utah transfer students move from SLCC to the University of Utah (U of U), College of Engineering. The two institutions have developed a well-articulated program, which allows engineering students from SLCC's various engineering programs to seamlessly transfer into the U of U's engineering departments. Proximity of SLCC and the U of U to large population source, makes it natural for the two institutions to cooperate. To keep SLCC programs coordinated with both Utah State and U of U, SLCC also hosts two Program Advisory Committee (PAC) meetings each year.